Wieland: or, The Transformation: An American Tale and Other Stories - Paperback
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Wieland: or, The Transformation: An American Tale and Other Stories - Paperback
$30.00
by Charles Brockden Brown (Author), Caleb Crain (Introduction by)
Called a "remarkable story" by John Greenleaf Whittier and described by John Keats as "very powerful," Wieland, Charles Brockden Brown's disturbing 1798 tale of terror, is a masterpiece involving spontaneous combustion, disembodied voices, religious mania, and a gruesome murder based on a real-life incident.
This Modern Library Paperback Classic includes Wieland's fragmentary sequel, Memoirs of Carwin the Biloquist, as well as several other important but hard-to-find Brockden Brown short stories, including "Thessalonica," "Walstein's School of History," and "Death of Cicero." This collection also reproduces the newspaper account of the murder that inspired Wieland.Front Jacket
Called a "remarkable story" by John Greenleaf Whittier and described by John Keats as "very powerful," "Wieland, Charles Brockden Brown's disturbing 1798 tale of terror, is a masterpiece involving spontaneous combustion, disembodied voices, religious mania, and a gruesome murder based on a real-life incident.
This Modern Library Paperback Classic includes "Wieland's fragmentary sequel, "Memoirs of Carwin the Biloquist, as well as several other important but hard-to-find Brockden Brown short stories, including "Thessalonica," "Walstein's School of History," and "Death of Cicero." This collection also reproduces the newspaper account of the murder that inspired "Wieland.
Author Biography
Caleb Crain is the author of American Sympathy: Men, Friendship, and Literature in the New Nation. He lives in Brooklyn.
Number of Pages: 412
Dimensions: 0.92 x 8.5 x 5.6 IN
Publication Date: June 11, 2002
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