Wieland; or The Transformation; Memoirs ofCarwin the Biloquist
by Brown, Charles Brockden; Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Emory Elliott
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0192836803
- ISBN 13
- 9780192836809
- Seller
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Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
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Synopsis
Wieland, named by his father after a German nickname for the devil, inherits both his father's estate and religious susceptibility. His idyllic rural life is disrupted when he falls prey to the ventriloquist Carwin, who convinces Wieland that a divine voice is commanding him to slaughter his family. He is tried for the murders of his wife and children, for which he expresses no remorse. He later escapes prison in an attempt to kill his sister Clara, who narrates the story. Clara and Carwin have an ambiguous relationship of attraction and repulsion.Brown's work was an important precursor to such Gothic masters as Edgar Allan Poe and Mary Shelley.
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- Bookseller
- Clausen Books, RMABA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- AC1285
- Title
- Wieland; or The Transformation; Memoirs ofCarwin the Biloquist
- Author
- Brown, Charles Brockden; Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Emory Elliott
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Edition
- 5th Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0192836803
- ISBN 13
- 9780192836809
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc.
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1998
- Keywords
- Novel, Fiction, American Writers, American Novels, Gothic Fiction
- Size
- 12mo over 6¾" 7¾" tall
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