Imitation, Intertextuality and the Minerva Press Novel

• Published in: Romantic textualities no. 23; p. 149
• Main Author: Hudson, Hannah Doherty
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cardiff Centre for Editorial and Intertextual Research, ENCAP 30.08.2020
• Subjects: Artistic representation (Imitation); Austen, Jane (1775-1817); Authorship; British & Irish literature; Creativity; English literature; Genre; Gothic fiction; Imitation; Intertextuality; Literary criticism; Literary influences; Marginalia; Mysteries; Narratives; Novels; Plot (Narrative); Publishing industry; Radcliffe, Ann (1764-1823); Readers; Reading; Romantic period

Jane Austen’s famous reference to Ann Radcliffe and 'all her imitators' in Northanger Abbey can be understood both as a satirical characterisation of popular gothic novels and as a record of a historical mode of describing those same texts. This article provides a new reading of fictional...