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"Read the Ann Radcliffe chapter - she basically invented the genre of Gothic Fiction, was hugely popular in her day, influenced Jane Austen (Northanger Abbey), and without her we would not have Frankenstein and Dracula. So, how is she not regarded as such? She missed out on memorialising after her death because she left no biographical information behind, and critics like Wordsworth are repeated by modern critics." — 5 hours, 54 min ago
"Read the Ann Radcliffe chapter - she basically invented the genre of Gothic Fiction, was hugely popular in her day, influenced Jane Austen (Northanger Abbey), and without her we would not have Frankenstein and Dracula. So, how is she not regarded as such? She missed out on memorialising after her death because she left no biographical information behind, and critics like Wordsworth are repeated by modern critics." — 5 hours, 54 min ago
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"Finished Bird lovers chapter - Bird clubs hugely popular in the early decades of twentieth century. Also very aligned with school education. Brought about some creativity and national identity and bird conservation (egg collecting declined) but was also a vehicle for a type of eco-nationalism that allowed for the erasure of Indigenous people from the Australian narrative discourse." — Aug 10, 2026 07:33PM
"Finished Bird lovers chapter - Bird clubs hugely popular in the early decades of twentieth century. Also very aligned with school education. Brought about some creativity and national identity and bird conservation (egg collecting declined) but was also a vehicle for a type of eco-nationalism that allowed for the erasure of Indigenous people from the Australian narrative discourse." — Aug 10, 2026 07:33PM
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