Ann Radcliffe
English novelist (1764–1823) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with the 17th-century benefactor of Harvard, Anne (Radcliffe) Mowlson.
Ann Radcliffe (née Ward; 9 July 1764 – 7 February 1823) was an English novelist and a pioneer of Gothic fiction. Her technique of explaining apparently supernatural elements in her novels has been credited with gaining respectability for Gothic fiction in the 1790s.[1] Radcliffe was the most popular writer of her day and almost universally admired; contemporary critics called her the mighty enchantress and the Shakespeare of romance-writers, and her popularity continued through the 19th century.[2] Interest in Radcliffe and her work has revived in the early 21st century, with the publication of three biographies.[3]