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Wieland or the Transformation
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Description for Wieland or the Transformation
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. It includes Brown's "Memoirs of Carwin" the "Biloquist" and writings on Cicero. Editor(s): Barnard, Philip; Shapiro, Stephen. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations, facsim. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 162 x 26. Weight in Grams: 672.
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.
Product Details
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
353
Condition
New
Number of Pages
328
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Cambridge, MA, United States
ISBN
9780872209756
SKU
V9780872209756
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About Browncb
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 ... Read more
Reviews for Wieland or the Transformation
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 ... Read more