Roslyn Joy Irving is a Lecturer in English Literature and Culture at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz. Her research interests include women’s writing, poetry and prose of the long eighteenth century, and travel writing. Roslyn has been published in a number of academic journals and is the co-editor of several volumes, including The Laureates: Poetry and Public Office (1668-2029) with Patrick Gill, to be released in September 2026.

• AcknowledgementsIntroduction: Contextualising Radcliffe1. The Generic and Literary World of Radcliffe2. Ruins and Literary Historiography3. The French Revolution, Presence and the Present4. Gothic Manners and Republican Ideals5. Negotiating Rhetorical Method and Romantic Masculinity6. Female Method, Self-Interest and SensibilityCodaBibliographyIndex

Roslyn Joy Irving is a Lecturer in English Literature and Culture at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz. Her research interests include women’s writing, poetry and prose of the long eighteenth century, and travel writing. Roslyn has been published in a number of academic journals and is the co-editor of several volumes, including The Laureates: Poetry and Public Office (1668-2029) with Patrick Gill, to be released in September 2026.

• AcknowledgementsIntroduction: Contextualising Radcliffe1. The Generic and Literary World of Radcliffe2. Ruins and Literary Historiography3. The French Revolution, Presence and the Present4. Gothic Manners and Republican Ideals5. Negotiating Rhetorical Method and Romantic Masculinity6. Female Method, Self-Interest and SensibilityCodaBibliographyIndex

Roslyn Joy Irving is a Lecturer in English Literature and Culture at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz. Her research interests include women’s writing, poetry and prose of the long eighteenth century, and travel writing. Roslyn has been published in a number of academic journals and is the co-editor of several volumes, including The Laureates: Poetry and Public Office (1668-2029) with Patrick Gill, to be released in September 2026.

• AcknowledgementsIntroduction: Contextualising Radcliffe1. The Generic and Literary World of Radcliffe2. Ruins and Literary Historiography3. The French Revolution, Presence and the Present4. Gothic Manners and Republican Ideals5. Negotiating Rhetorical Method and Romantic Masculinity6. Female Method, Self-Interest and SensibilityCodaBibliographyIndex