Wieland and Memoirs of Carwin the Biloquist
Wieland, the story of religious delusions and horrific violence on the eve of the American Revolution, is the first gothic novel in America and a cornerstone of the Early American literary canon. A family living on an estate outside Philadelphia is visited first by a set of mysterious voices, seemingly coming out of thin air, followed soon after by an itinerant rustic named Carwin. Violence erupts when the family's young patriarch believes he hears God's voice demanding a human sacrifice as a sign of faith. Testing the limits of religious and literary authority in the new United States, Brown's novel has for more than two centuries kept reade…
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Weitere Autoren: Waterman, Bryan (New York University) (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-0-393-93253-9
- EAN: 9780393932539
- Produktnummer: 7275252
- Verlag: WW Norton & Co
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
- Seitenangabe: 592 S.
- Masse: H21.2 cm x B13.0 cm x D3.2 cm 564 g
- Auflage: Critical ed
- Gewicht: 564
- Sonstiges: Professional & Vocational
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