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Arthur Mervyn: Revised Edition
Contributor(s): Brown, Charles Brockden (Author)
ISBN: 0873387384     ISBN-13: 9780873387385
Publisher: Kent State University Press
OUR PRICE:   $49.50  
Product Type: Paperback
Published: May 2002
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Thrillers - Suspense
Dewey: B
LCCN: 2002023364
Physical Information: 1.15" H x 6.12" W x 9.26" (1.53 lbs) 496 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 18th Century
- Geographic Orientation - Pennsylvania
 
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Publisher Description:
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.