Book contents
- Romanticism Bewitched
- Cambridge Studies in Romanticism
- Romanticism Bewitched
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Romanticism Bewitched
- Chapter 1 Visualizing Witchcraft
- Chapter 2 Gothic Witches
- Chapter 3 Charlotte Smith and Maria Edgeworth
- Chapter 4 The Shelleys on History and the Female Demonic
- Part II Walter Scott Bewitched
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Cambridge Studies in Romanticism
Chapter 2 - Gothic Witches
from Part I - Romanticism Bewitched
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 26 April 2026
Book contents
- Romanticism Bewitched
- Cambridge Studies in Romanticism
- Romanticism Bewitched
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Romanticism Bewitched
- Chapter 1 Visualizing Witchcraft
- Chapter 2 Gothic Witches
- Chapter 3 Charlotte Smith and Maria Edgeworth
- Chapter 4 The Shelleys on History and the Female Demonic
- Part II Walter Scott Bewitched
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Cambridge Studies in Romanticism
Summary
This chapter provides an analysis of Ann Radcliffe’s representation of contemporary female artists and authors like herself and Sarah Siddons as witches or enchantresses in “On the Supernatural in Poetry,” and offers examples of the wide variety of witches in Romantic-period Gothic literature, with sections on mother witches, political witches, marvelous witches, Faustian witches and serpent witches. Romantic-era Gothic writers discussed include well-known authors such as Ann Radcliffe, Matthew Lewis, Samuel Coleridge and Charlotte Dacre as well as lesser-known writers (at least to us now) such as Catherine Smith, Mary Julia Young and George Brewer.
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- Romanticism BewitchedWitchcraft, Revolution and the Female Demonic, pp. 72 - 108Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2026
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