Historicism of Charles Brockden Brown

Mark Kamrath

Description

A new perspective on the cultural politics of Charles Brockden BrownThe novels of Charles Brockden Brown, the most accomplished literary figure in early America, redefined the gothic genre and helped shape some of America's greatest writers, including Herman Melville, Edgar Allan Poe, and Nathaniel Hawthorne. However, little has been said about the latter years of Brown's career. While his early novels are celebrated for their innovative and experimental style, Brown's later historical narratives are often dismissed as uninteresting, and Brown himself has been accused of having become "a stodgy conservative."Through a re-examination of these neglected historical writings, Mark L. Kamrath takes a fresh look at Brown's later career and his role in the cultural politics of the early national period. This interdisciplinary study uses transatlantic historical contexts and recent narrative discourse to unveil Brown's philosophic inquires into the filiopietistic tradition of historiography and increasingly imperialistic notion of American exceptionalism. It recovers a forgotten debate-and radical position-about the nature of historical truth and representation and opens up for contemporary discussion what it means to write about the past.

Sujets

• USA
• United States of America
• History of the Americas
• États-Unis

Informations

• Publié par: The Kent State University Press
• Date de parution: 26 janvier 2011
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781612775494
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 3 Mo

Extrait

Hé ŝôçŝ ô Charles Brockden Brown

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Hé Ké Sàé Uéŝ Péŝŝ Ken, Oîo

ôŝ: Pôà ô Càéŝ Bôçé Bô  Jàéŝ Sàéŝ (ççà 1798). Aŝ àŝ àŝ- ôàé ô ôû é  ŝ à, Bô ôé ŝ à ŝô,  à ŝé çôŝŝé  ééŝ  Géé à Rôà çàŝŝçà éà. Côûéŝ ô é Wôçéŝé A Mûŝéû, Wôçéŝé, Màŝŝàçûŝéŝ.

© 2010  Hé Ké Sàé Uéŝ Péŝŝ, Ké, Oô 44242 all rights reserved à ô Côéŝŝ Cààô Cà Nûé 2009047068 isbn 978-1-60635-032-4 Màûàçûé  é Ué Sàéŝ ô Aéçà

 “Càéŝ Bôçé Bô à é ‘A ô é ŝôà’: A Eŝŝà Côçé (Pôŝ) Môé ŝôçà Uéŝà,”  Mà . Kàà.Journa o e Eary Repubîc21 (Sûé 2001). Cô 2001 Sôçé ô ŝôàŝ ô é Eà Réûç. Réé  éŝŝô ô é Uéŝ ô Péŝàà Péŝŝ.  “Aéçà Eçéôàŝ à Ràçàŝ  é ‘Aàŝ ô Eûôé à Aéçà,’”  Mà . Kàà.Revîsîng Cares Brockden Brown: Cuure, Poîîcs, and Sexuaîy în e Eary Repubîc.Eé  P Bàà, Mà . Kàà, à Séé Sàô, 2004. Cô 2004  Hé Uéŝ ô ééŝŝéé Péŝŝ/Kôé. Réé  éŝŝô ô é Uéŝ ô ééŝŝéé Péŝŝ.

library of c ongress catalo ging-in-publication data Kàà, Mà. Hé ŝôçŝ ô Càéŝ Bôçé Bô : àçà ŝô à é éà éûç / Mà . Kàà. . ç. ïçûéŝ ôàçà éééçéŝ à é. isbn 978-1-60635-032-4 (ààç : à. àé) ∞ 1. Bô, Càéŝ Bôçé, 1771–1810—Cçŝ à ééàô. 2. Bô, Càéŝ Bôçé, 1771–1810—Kôéé—ŝô. 3. Bô, Càéŝ Bôçé, 1771–1810—Kôéé—Ué Sàéŝ. 4. ŝô  éàûé. 5. ŝôçŝ  - éàûé. 6. Ué Sàéŝ—ï éàûé. 7. Ué Sàéŝ—ŝô—Pôŝô. 8. éàûé à ŝô—Ué Sàéŝ—ŝô—19 çéû. ï. é. ps1137.k36 2010 813'.2—ç22 2009047068

Bŝ à Cààô--Pûçàô àà àé àààé.

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undersandîng, and ru

In Memorîam

Cares W. Mîgnon 1933–2009

“Ad asra per aîa porcî”

Açôééŝ

ïôûçô

Pà 1: Rééé é Pàŝ

Côéŝ

 1 Eûôéà à Côôà àôŝ

 2 “Dôéŝç ŝô” à é Réûçà Nôé

Pà 2: ŝôôà à é “A ô é ŝôà”

 3 ŝôçà Rééŝéàô  éMony Magazîne and Amerîcan Revîewà éLîerary Magazîne and Amerîcan Regîser

 4 Hé ŝôçà Séçéŝ—à “à Gôéé, Eççéŝàŝçà à C”

 5 Eé à é “Aàŝ ô Eûôé”

Pà 3: Hé Pôçŝ ô ŝô

 6 Aéçà Eçéôàŝ à é “Aàŝ ô Aéçà”

 7 Côŝûôà ŝ—à “éàŝ”

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ï ŝ ô à Pôéŝŝô Sé J. Kàûŝé, ééà éô ôhe Noves and Reaed Works o Cares Brockden Brown,ô ôûç é  é éà 1990ŝ ô Bô’ŝ ŝôçà , à é à ŝôûçé ô ŝçôà ŝûô ô ŝô à éàŝ.  ï àŝô à ô ééŝŝ  àûé ô ïŝûé ô Bôà à E à Ké Sàé Uéŝ, Séçà Côéçôŝ à Bôô Côéé à, é C- ô Wàé-Bàé Côéçô à é Uéŝ ô Và, é Aéçà A- qûàà Sôçé, é à Ràŝô Céé à é Uéŝ ô éàŝ–Aûŝ, é ŝôçà Sôçé ô Péŝàà, é à Côà ô Pàéà, é ïéà ôà à é Gàûàé Sçôô à é Uéŝ ô Néàŝà–- çô, à é ïéà ôà ôIçé à é Uéŝ ô Céà ôà. ï à àçûà àû ô é é ô Jàéŝ Géé, ô ààŝ à éà ô- éé ô ééé-çéû  çûûé—àô  é ûç àûé à, éééçé, éôûçô, à ôé àŝŝŝàçé ô à Aûûŝ, Vçé Gôé, Côéà K, Rçà àŝô, Nçôé Jôéç, P àŝàŝ, Cé Màà, Kàé Màŝîé, Càéé Péàçôç, Nôà Pé, Eà Pôà, Sàà Wéàéà, Kàé Wŝô, à ôé ààŝ ôé é éàŝ.  Càéŝ Mô ôé ééôûŝ ŝŝéàô éçô à ŝûô é ï àŝ à é Uéŝ ô Néàŝà, à Sàô àŝ, Rôé Sôç, Rôé Nàéŝô, à Ké Wé, àô  Pàçé Béé à Géôé Wô, àŝô çô- ûé ŝîçà ô  éàŝ à ççà ŝéŝ û ôŝé ôàé éàŝ. Sçé çô ô é Uéŝ ô Céà ôà, à çôéàûéŝ àé ŝûôé  ô. ï àô ô Rôŝé Béô, ŝà ôà, Ké Mééà, à Rç Sçé, ï à àéû ô Dà ôûà, Dà Wààçé, Kà Séé, à JôŝÉ éàéz ô é àçàéç ŝûô à ô ééàŝé é à é Uéŝ ô Céà ôà. Sûç ŝûô à éŝôûçéŝ ôé é éàŝ àé éé àûàé.  ï à àéû ô à Bûé, Bûçé Bûé, Mà Càà, Mçàé Cô, Rà Cà, Jàé Gàé, Hôàŝ Gà, Séà Gôûé, P Gôû, Nôà Gàô, Jàé ŝ, Jô ôéŝ, Dà é, Rôé éé, Cŝ ôô, Càà Mûô, JéFé Rçàŝ, Wôà Sçäé, Dà Séŝ, à SûFé- ô, éà éûé, W Véôéé, Mçàé Wàé, Bà Wàéà, Aé Wéé, à E Wé ô é àŝéŝ ô qûéŝôŝ, éà ô àéàŝ, é- éôûŝ ŝûéŝôŝ, ŝà ô éŝôûçéŝ, à ôéà ŝûô ô ŝçôàŝ ô

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