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Wieland; or The Transformation Charles Brockden Brown

Wieland; or The Transformation By Charles Brockden Brown

Wieland; or The Transformation by Charles Brockden Brown

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A tale that leads from ventriloquism and mania to a family murder and emotional breakdown. It ties revolutionary-era Gothic themes to struggles over the politics of Enlightenment on both sides of the Atlantic.

Wieland; or The Transformation Summary

Wieland; or The Transformation: with Related Texts by Charles Brockden Brown

Wieland; or The Transformation (1798) ties revolutionary-era Gothic themes to struggles over the politics of Enlightenment on both sides of the Atlantic. This edition of Wieland includes Brown's Memoirs of Carwin the Biloquist and writings on Cicero, as well as his key essays on history and literature, and selections from contemporary German and other texts that figure in the novel's background and in the charged atmosphere of the late 1790s.

Wieland; or The Transformation Reviews

An impressive edition . . . the most thoroughly satisfying historical and literary contextualization for the novel that I've ever encountered. Shapiro and Barnard offer a rich transatlantic artistic and ideological context that helps pull the whole novel into coherent focus. The footnotes to the novel are incredibly thorough, helpful, and interesting. . . . This Hackett edition of Wieland [is] the freshest and most topical of those now available. --Dana D. Nelson, Vanderbilt University
The 'related texts' are impressive . . . This edition gives a fresh perspective on sources. Wieland 's Germanic literary influences are shown to subvert the conservative aims of the ideas of Enlightened Absolutism, practised by Frederick the Great. Gottfried Burger's influential poem, Lenore , extracts from German horror and Illuminati novel, and the writings of Christoph Martin Wieland (whose name Brown borrowed) deepen our understanding of Brown's progressive politics as displayed in this novel.--Max Fincher, Times Literary Supplement

About Charles Brockden Brown

Charles Brockden Brown (1771-1810) is an important figure in Gothic literature, credited with writing one of the first American Gothic novels. He was born in Pennsylvania to a Quaker family and originally trained to become a lawyer. Unable to apply the Gothic European settings of crumbling castles to America, he relocated his tales to rural locales, but maintained the same chilling atmosphere within his stories. Philip Barnard is Professor in the Department of English at the University of Kansas. Stephen Shapiro is Professor in the Department of English and Comparative Literary Studies at the University of Warwick.

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CIN0872209741G
9780872209749
0872209741
Wieland; or The Transformation: with Related Texts by Charles Brockden Brown
Charles Brockden Brown
Used - Good
Paperback
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
2009-03-01
328
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