Radcliffe, Ann (1764 - 1823) | Anne Williams (Essay Date 1995)
ANNE WILLIAMS (ESSAY DATE 1995)
SOURCE: Williams, Anne. “The Eighteenth-Century Psyche: The Mysteries of Udolpho.” In Art of Darkness: A Poetics of Gothic, pp. 159-72. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1995.
In the following essay, Williams argues that in The Mysteries of Udolpho “Radcliffe’s romance conventions, which generate the Female Gothic tradition, embody the myth of Psyche and an alternative to Oedipus.”
“O! do not go in there, ma’amselle,” said Annette, “you will only lose yourself further.”
“Bring the light forward,” said Emily, “we may possibly find our way through these rooms.”
Annette stood at the door, in an attitude of hesitation, with the light held up to show the chamber, but the feeble rays spread through not half of it. “Why do you hesitate?” said Emily, “let me see whither this room leads.”
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