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Wieland; or The Transformation and Memoirs of Carwin, The Biloquist  (Oxford World's Classics)

Wieland; or The Transformation and Memoirs of Carwin, The Biloquist (Oxford World's Classics)

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Wieland; or The Transformation and Memoirs of Carwin, The Biloquist (Oxford World's Classics)

by Brown, Charles Brockden (edited by Emory Elliott)

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Oxford: Oxford University Press Australia. 1998. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition. xxxv, 294 pages. Wieland is one of the earliest American novels; with an Introduction and Explanatory Notes by the editor, Emory Elliott as well as a bibliography and chronology. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . Reprint. Softcover.

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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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Title
Wieland; or The Transformation and Memoirs of Carwin, The Biloquist (Oxford World's Classics)
Author
Brown, Charles Brockden (edited by Emory Elliott)
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Softcover
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Edition
Reprint
Binding
Paperback
ISBN 10
0192836803
ISBN 13
9780192836809
Publisher
Oxford University Press Australia
Place of Publication
Oxford
Date Published
1998
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