Wieland; or The Transformation

Name: Wieland; or The Transformation
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SKU: 9780872209749
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By Charles Brockden Brown

Series: Hackett Classics

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Wieland; or The Transformation is a thrilling Gothic tale intertwining ventriloquism, mania, family murder, and emotional breakdown. Set against revolutionary-era tensions, Charles Brockden Brown explores the politics of the Enlightenment across both sides of the Atlantic, weaving a story rich in psychological and ideological complexity. This edition includes Brown's Memoirs of Carwin the Biloquist, writings on Cicero, key essays on history and literature, and selections from German and related texts that deepen the novel's historical and cultural context.
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Ideal for readers interested in Gothic literature, American revolutionary-era fiction, and Enlightenment political thought. Also well-suited to students and scholars of transatlantic cultural history and those intrigued by literary criticism and historical context surrounding late 18th-century novels.

A thrilling tale that leads from ventriloquism and mania to a family murder and emotional breakdown, Charles Brockden Brown's 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

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A thrilling tale that leads from ventriloquism and mania to a family murder and emotional breakdown, Charles Brockden Brown's 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. Additionally, it features selections from contemporary German and other texts that figure in the novel's background and in the charged atmosphere of the late 1970s.

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This edition of Wieland is praised for its comprehensive historical and literary contextualisation, with thorough and insightful footnotes that enhance the reading experience. Scholars highlight the valuable inclusion of related texts that illuminate Brown's progressive politics and the novel's Germanic literary influences, offering fresh perspectives on Enlightenment and Illuminated Absolutism themes. It stands out as one of the most topical and satisfying editions available.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780872209749

Publisher: Hackett Publishing Co, Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 March 2009

Country: United States

Imprint: Hackett Publishing Co, Inc

Illustration: Illustrations

Contributors:

Edited by Philip Barnard
Edited by Stephen Shapiro

Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 140.0mm

Height: 216.0mm

Weight: 539g

Pages: 328

Collections

Arts & Culture Biography & Memoir Charles Brockden Brown Classic Fiction General Fiction Literary Fiction Non-Fiction Series: Hackett Classics

About the Author

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.