The Mysteries of UdolphoThis was the most popular novel of Radcliffe's time and Radcliffe's portrayal of her heroine's inner life raised the Gothic romance to a new level. The atmosphere of fear and the gripping plot continue to thrill today. This is the story of the orphaned Emily St Aubert who finds herself separated from the man she loves and confined within the Castle of Udolpho by her aunt's new husband, Montoni. Here she must cope with an unwanted suitor, Montoni's threats, and the wild imaginings and terrors which threaten to overwhelm her. |
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She chooses instead the late sixteenth century, which, in popular historical understanding, was considered the transitional period between the Gothic era and the modern – the 'Gothic cusp' as Robert Miles has aptly termed it.
She chooses instead the late sixteenth century, which, in popular historical understanding, was considered the transitional period between the Gothic era and the modern – the 'Gothic cusp' as Robert Miles has aptly termed it.
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... in the hands of Radcliffe it becomes synonymous with the Latin South, a region still considered to harbour despotic power and Catholic superstition even in 1824, when Sir Walter Scott remarked on it. 15 Only from an enlightened, ...
... in the hands of Radcliffe it becomes synonymous with the Latin South, a region still considered to harbour despotic power and Catholic superstition even in 1824, when Sir Walter Scott remarked on it. 15 Only from an enlightened, ...
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Novalis wrote his novel in response to Goethe's Wilhelm Meisters Lehrejahre (Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship) (1795–6), which he considered to have ruined 'the poetry of nature' and forgotten 'the miraculous', 'nature and mysticism'.
Novalis wrote his novel in response to Goethe's Wilhelm Meisters Lehrejahre (Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship) (1795–6), which he considered to have ruined 'the poetry of nature' and forgotten 'the miraculous', 'nature and mysticism'.
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By a man of such a disposition, it is not surprising that the virtues of St Aubert should be overlooked; or that his pure taste, simplicity, and moderated wishes, were considered as marks of a weak intellect, and of confined views.
By a man of such a disposition, it is not surprising that the virtues of St Aubert should be overlooked; or that his pure taste, simplicity, and moderated wishes, were considered as marks of a weak intellect, and of confined views.
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... but the delicacy of mind, which had ever appeared in his conduct, restrained her: she considered that, if St Aubert wished her to be acquainted with the subject of his concern, he would not wait for her enquiries.
... but the delicacy of mind, which had ever appeared in his conduct, restrained her: she considered that, if St Aubert wished her to be acquainted with the subject of his concern, he would not wait for her enquiries.
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