Love and Horror: ‘Ircastrensis’ Unmasked

Abstract This note identifies, for the first time, the author of Love and Horror, a mock-heroic parody of the gothic novel published under the pseudonym ‘Ircastrensis’ in 1812. The Revd Henry Barry (1781-1850) wrote at least one other novel before settling into a comfortable life as a Wiltshire rect...

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Published inLibrary Vol. 24; no. 4; pp. 496 - 502
Main Author Freeman, Janet Ing
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published UK Oxford University Press 22.12.2023
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Summary:Abstract This note identifies, for the first time, the author of Love and Horror, a mock-heroic parody of the gothic novel published under the pseudonym ‘Ircastrensis’ in 1812. The Revd Henry Barry (1781-1850) wrote at least one other novel before settling into a comfortable life as a Wiltshire rector and unsuccessful dabbler in British history and Shakespearean emendation; among his several children was the much better known Victorian novelist Emma Newby (1826-1899), who in 1862 edited her father’s final book, a ‘manual of happiness’.
ISSN:0024-2160
1744-8581
DOI:10.1093/library/fpad043