Arthur Mervyn - Couverture souple

Brown, Charles Brockden

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0873387384 ISBN 13 : 9780873387385

Editeur : Kent State University Press, 2002

Synopsis

Arthur Mervyn has long puzzled students and scholars with its seeming diffuseness, resulting from its original serial publication. Critics agree, however, that the power of this novel lies not so much in its portrait of "right virtue, " which was Brown's primary aim, as in its realistic descriptions of the yellow fever epidemic and the ensuing panic that swept Philadelphia in the summer of 1793. The ambiguities of Arthur Mervyn's character and the precarious nature of the revolutionary 1790s make this novel a particularly apt subject for lively discussion and future scholarship and make this revised edition an excellent classroom text.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Charles Brockden Brown (1771-1810) was our first American novelist. The earliest citizen of the young nation to support himself by ""the profession of literature,"" Brown used the American scene as background for his fiction

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Kent State University Press
• Date d'édition: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0873387384
• ISBN 13: 9780873387385
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 496
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• Personne responsable: non disponible