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Of doubtful attribution
The two princes of Persia: addressed to youth by I. [sic] Porter. 1801.
Ward and NSTC attribute to J. Porter.
Bannockburn, a novel. London and Edinburgh 3 vols 1821 (anon), 2
vols Philadelphia 1822. A sequel to The Scottish chiefs. NSTC
attributes to J. Porter.
Sir Edward Seaward’s narrative of his shipwreck and consequent
discovery of certain islands in the Caribbean Sea; with a detail of
many extraordinary and highly interesting events of his life from
1733 to 1749. By W. O. Porter. Ed Jane Porter 1831, 3 vols New York
1831, 1 vol London 1832, 2 vols 1841, 1 vol abridged 1852, 1856,
London and Edinburgh 1878, London and New York 1879 (introd
by W. H. G. Kingston), 1883, 1884. Usually attributed to Jane
Porter, or to William Ogilvie Porter.
For a listing of reviews and notices of J. Porter’s works, see Ward (1972, 1977).
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Jerdan, W. National portrait gallery. 1834.
Miss Jane Porter. Fraser’s Mag Apr 1835.
Elwood, A. K. Memoirs of the literary ladies of England. 1843.
Hall, A. M. Memoirs of Jane Porter. Art Jnl 2 1850.
Maginn, W. In his A gallery of illustrious characters, ed W. Bates
[1873].
Wilson, M. A romantic novelist. In her These were Muses, 1924.
Vaughan, H. From Anne to Victoria. 1931.
Domhnall Ó Grianna. Jane Porter: historical novelist. 1937.
Jones, A. H. Ideas and innovations: best sellers of Jane Austen’s age.
New York 1986, ch 4.
Joukovsky, N. A. Jane Porter’s first novel: the evidence of an unpublished
letter. N & Q 235 Mar 1990. [cf]
Ann Radcliffe, née Ward 1764–1823
Common-place book and journal for May–Nov 1822 in Boston Public Lib; one
letter held at Princeton.
Bibliographies
Summers, M. In his A Gothic bibliography, [1941].
Spector, R. D. In The English Gothic, Westport CT 1984.
Frank, F. S. In Guide to the Gothic: an annotated bibliography of
criticism, Metuchen NJ 1984.
Frank, F. S. In The first Gothics: a critical guide to the English
Gothic novel, New York 1987.
Collections
Works. 13 vols 1797–1811.
Poems. 1815, 1816, 1845.A collection of the poetical pieces in the novels.
Novels, with a memoir by Scott. 1824.
Poetical works. 2 vols 1834.
Novels. [1877.]
Tales of mystery. Ed G. Saintsbury 1891. Selections from Mrs
Radcliffe, Lewis and Maturin.
In Anglistica and Americana. Hildesheim 1971 (facs). Novels, Gaston
de Blondeville and A journey made in the summer of 1794.
In Gothic novels. New York 1972–4 (facs). Novels and Gaston de
Blondeville.
Novels. 1987. (Folio Soc.)
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The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne: a Highland story. 1789 (anon),
1793, Philadelphia 1796, Boston 1797, London 1799, 1811, 1821,
1824, 1826, 1827, 1836 etc; New York 1970 (facs); ed D. Varma, New
York 1972 (Gothic Novels ser, facs); 1987 (Folio Soc); ed A.
Milbank, Oxford 1995 (WCp); tr Fr 1797.
reviews: Scots Mag 51, Apr 1789; Critical Rev 68, Sep 1789;
Monthly Rev 81, Dec 1789.
A Sicilian romance. 2 vols 1790 (anon), 1792, Philadelphia 1795,
London 1796, 1809, 1818, 1821, 1 vol 1826, 1830 etc; ed R. D. Spector
and M. Tucker 2 vols New York 1971 (facs); ed D. Varma, New York
1972 (Gothic Novels ser, facs); 1987 (Folio Soc); ed A. Milbank,
Oxford 1993 (Wcp); tr Ger 1792, Fr 1797 etc, Sp 1819, Rus 1819, Ital
1883, 1889.
reviews: Monthly Rev n.s. 3, Sep 1790; Scots Mag 52, Sep 1790;
Critical Rev n.s. 1, Mar 1791.
The romance of the forest, interspersed with some pieces of poetry. 3
vols 1791 (anon), 1792, 2 vols Dublin 1792, 3 vols London 1794,
1795, Boston 1795, London 1796, 1799, 2 vols Dublin 1801, London
1806, 1 vol 1810, 1816, 3 vols 1820, 1824, 1825, 2 vols Boston 1835, 1
vol 1846, Philadelphia 1872; ed D. M. Rose 1904; 3 vols New York
1970 (facs); ed D. Varma, New York 1974 (Gothic Novels ser, facs);
1987 (Folio Soc); ed C. Chard, Oxford 1986 (WCp); tr Ger 1793, Fr
1796 etc, 1869, Ital 1871.
reviews: Critical Rev 4, Apr 1792; Monthly Rev 8, May 1792;
Scots Mag 54, June 1792.
The mysteries of Udolpho: a romance, interspersed with some
pieces of poetry. 4 vols 1794, 1794, 3 vols Dublin 1794, 4 vols 1795,
Boston 1795, Worcester MA 1795, London 1799, 3 vols Dublin
1800, 4 vols London 1803, 1806 etc, 1824 (with a memoir), 3 vols
Philadelphia 1828, London 1844; ed D. M. Rose 2 vols 1903; ed R.
A. Freeman 2 vols [1931] (EL); ed B. Dobrée, Oxford 1966 (WCp
1980); tr Ger 1795, Fr 1797, 1808 etc, 1864, 1869, 1984, Rus 1818.
reviews: Critical Rev 11, Aug 1794; GM 62, Sep 1794; Monthly
Rev 15, Nov 1794.
A journey made in the summer of 1794 through Holland and the
western frontier of Germany. 1795, Dublin 1795; tr Fr 1795.
reviews: Critical Rev 14, July 1795; Monthly Rev 18, Nov 1795.
The Italian, or the confessional of the black penitents: a romance. 3
vols 1797, 1797, 2 vols New York 1797, Dublin 1797, 3 vols London
1811, 1824 etc; illustr P. Ross 1956 (as The confessional of the black
penitents); ed D. Varma, New York 1974 (Gothic Novels ser, facs);
1987 (Folio Soc); ed F. Garber, Oxford 1968 (WCp 1981); tr Fr 1794
etc, Ger 1797, 1801, Sp 1836, Ital [1944].
reviews: Monthly Rev 22, Mar 1797; Critical Rev 23, June 1798.
Gaston de Blondeville, or the Court of Henry III keeping festival in
Ardenne: a romance; St Alban’s Abbey: a metrical tale; with some
poetical pieces, [and] a memoir of the author [by T. N. Talfourd]
with extracts from her journals. 4 vols 1826, Philadelphia 1826, 2
vols 1834, 1839. Vols 3–4 of the first edn have the half-title
Posthumous works of Mrs Radcliffe, and were rptd (in part) as
Poetical works 2 vols 1834; tr Fr 1826.
review: Scots Mag n.s. 18 1826.
On the supernatural in poetry. NMM and Literary Jnl 16 1826.
Summers lists many spurious attributions, adaptations etc. Mary Ann
Radcliffe’s Manfroné and the novels of Eliza Radcliffe were sometimes confused
with the work of Ann Radcliffe to their authors’ financial advantage.
On Fr and Ger false attributions, see A. A. S. Wieten, Mrs Radcliffe: her
relation towards romanticism; with an appendix on the novels
falsely ascribed to her. Amsterdam 1926.
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Barbauld, L. In The British Novelists vol 43. 1810.
Mrs Radcliffe. NMM 9 1823. Obit.
Scott, Sir W. Mrs Ann Radcliffe. In The lives of the novelists,
Edinburgh 1825.
Lefèvre-Deumier, J. Célébrités anglaises: Ann Radcliffe. Paris 1895.
Godey’s Lady’s Book and Amer Mag 45 1852.
Lang, A. Mrs Radcliffe’s novels. In his Adventures among books,
1905. First pbd in Cornhill Mag July 1900.
Summers, M. A great mistress of romance: Ann Radcliffe. Trans
Royal Soc of Lit [1917]; rptd in his Essays in petto, 1928.
MacIntyre, C. F. Ann Radcliffe in relation to her time. New Haven
CT 1920.
Arnaud, P. Un document inédit: le contrat des Mysteries of
Udolpho. Études Anglaises 20 1967.