CALL FOR PAPERS
Ann Radcliffe, Then and Now
24th-26th June, 2027. | University of Sheffield
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS: Tom Duggett, Michael Gamer, Robert Miles, Katrina O’Loughlin, Dale Townshend, and Angela Wright
DEADLINE FOR PROPOSALS 15th September
A pioneer of Gothic fiction, poetry, and travel writing, Ann Radcliffe (1764-1823) was one of the most influential and widely read authors of her day. Her published works dominated the Romantic literary landscape, anticipating later psychological fiction and inspiring writers from Byron to the Brontës, from Mary Wollstonecraft to Mary Shelley. But Radcliffe’s influence extended far beyond her Romantic and Victorian successors: her unique and innovative Gothic mode impacts upon the way we understand and experience art, media, and literature today. Since 2024, the Ann Radcliffe, Then and Now project, funded by the AHRC, has sought to reintroduce Ann Radcliffe to 21st-century readers by exploring both her contemporary influence and her lasting legacies. To celebrate the project and the accompanying Cambridge Edition of the Works of Ann Radcliffe, we invite you to our conference, held at The University of Sheffield: an opportunity for Radcliffe readers and scholars to come together and celebrate her incredible and lasting contribution to literature.
We welcome paper proposals of 20 minutes on any and all aspects of Radcliffe’s life and writing. Topics can include, but are not limited to, Radcliffe’s
Novels and poetry
Literary influences
Imitators and emulators
Contemporary reception and adaptation
Gothic mode
Gothic and Romantic contemporaries
Travel and Travel Imaginary
Preternatural, Supernatural, Nature, the Numinous
Circulating Objects
Publishing Networks
Form and style
Aesthetics
Political commitments
ENQUIRIES annradcliffeconference@sheffield.ac.uk
FURTHER DETAILS https://www.annradcliffe.org/conference/