Clara Reeve

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Clara Reeve

Clara Reeve (* 1729 in Ipswich ; † December 3, 1807 ibid) was a British writer who wrote in the style of the Gothic novel .

Life

Reeve published in 1777 under the influence of Horace Walpole's novel Das Schloss von Otranto (English original version: The Castle of Otranto ) her first novel The champion of virtue . Other role models are Samuel Richardson and Henry Mackenzie .

Her two-volume work The progress of romance (1785) was a study of the genre of the novel. Clara Reeve died in Ipswich on December 3, 1807.

Works

  • The champion of virtue (1777)
  • Destination or memoirs of a private family (1799)
  • The Exiles (1788)
  • The memoirs of Sir Roger de Clarendon (1793)
  • The Old English Baron (1785, revision of "The champion of virtue")
  • The progress of romance through times, countries, and manners (1785)
  • The school for widows
  • The two mentors (1783)

supporting documents

  1. ^ "Horror literature before Lovecraft." In: Leslie S. Klinger : HP Lovecraft - The work. Translation by Andreas Fliedner and Alexander Pechmann, original title The New Annotated HP Lovecraft . Fischer TOR, Frankfurt / Main 2017; S. 15. ISBN 978-3-596-03708-7 .

literature

  • Emma J. Clery: Women's gothic from Clara Reeve to Mary Shelley . - Plymouth, Northcote House, 2000, ISBN 0-7463-0872-8 .
  • Devendra P. Varma: The gothic flame  : being a history of the gothicnovel in England. - Metuchen, NJ, Scarecrow Pr., 1987, ISBN 0-8108-2077-3 .
  • Gary Kelly: Bluestocking feminism  : writing of the Bluestocking Circle 1738-1785. - London, Pickering & Chatto, 1999 (vol. 1-6)

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personal data
SURNAME Reeve, Clara
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English writer
DATE OF BIRTH 1729
PLACE OF BIRTH Ipswich
DATE OF DEATH December 3, 1807
Place of death Ipswich