Our friends from Ann Radcliffe Then and Now are putting on another free lecture here in Sheffield: Ann Radcliffe and Women's Gothic Writing Dr. Deborah Russell (University of York) Friday, May 16th, 18:00 - 20:00 Mappin Hall, Sir Frederick Mappin Building, Mappin St, Sheffield, S1 4DT * Ann Radcliffe (1764-1823) was “the great enchantress” of … Continue reading Lecture: Ann Radcliffe and Women’s Gothic Writing
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Lecture: Ann Radcliffe and Romantic Culture
We were asked to promote the following event here at the Uni of Sheffield - a lecture with a drink reception afterwards! 📚🍷 Ann Radcliffe and Romantic Culture A free public lecture with Professor Michael Gamer 13th December 2024, 6pm-8pm Mappin Hall, Sir Frederick Mappin Building, Mappin St, Sheffield, S1 4DT TICKETS HERE * In the final decade of the eighteenth … Continue reading Lecture: Ann Radcliffe and Romantic Culture
Considering The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne
‘ON the north-east coast of Scotland, in the most romantic part of the Highlands, stood the Castle of Athlin; an edifice built on the summit of a rock whose base was in the sea. This pile was venerable from its antiquity, and from its Gothic structure; but more venerable from the virtues which it enclosed.’It … Continue reading Considering The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne
Gothic Bible: The Theo-Aesthetics of the Early British Gothic
The following post by Holly Hirst is part of an ongoing 'Gothic Bible Blog Series' and part of the Gothic Bible project, a collaborative project run by Sheffield Gothic and SIIBS at the University of Sheffield, and also the University of Auckland. You can find out more about the project here, and if you want … Continue reading Gothic Bible: The Theo-Aesthetics of the Early British Gothic
Pastoral Gothic: Ann Radcliffe and the Sublime
The Gothic Reading Group will be meeting on Wednesday 22ndMarch to continue this semester’s on-going discussion of all things Eco-Gothic. This time around we’ll be focusing on sublime pastoral landscapes.During the session we’ll be thinking about the pastoral mode in relation to the poetry of the Mistress of Udolpho herself, Ann Radcliffe. Radcliffe’s novels are … Continue reading Pastoral Gothic: Ann Radcliffe and the Sublime
The Italian Job: rereading Ann Radcliffe’s ‘The Italian’
Last week’s Gothic Reading Group centred one of Sheffield Gothic’s favourite topic of conversation: Ann Radcliffe. In particular, her last novel The Italian (Okay, yes, it’s technically not her last novel. But let’s not get into Gaston de Blondeville right now, alright?). Our usual starter question- ‘But is it Gothic?’ – hardly seemed relevant, so … Continue reading The Italian Job: rereading Ann Radcliffe’s ‘The Italian’
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