| Wieland: Or, the Transformation: An American Tale and Other Stories Contributor(s): Brown, Charles Brockden (Author), Crain, Caleb (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0375759034 ISBN-13: 9780375759031 Publisher: Modern Library OUR PRICE: $20.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2002 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Horror - General - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Classics |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2002071426 |
| Series: Modern Library Classics (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.92" H x 5.6" W x 8.5" (1.08 lbs) 412 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |