Wieland Or, the Transformation: an American Tale and Other Stories |
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| Author:
| Brown, Charles Brockden |
| Introduction by:
| Crain, Caleb |
| Series title: | Modern Library Classics Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-375-75903-1 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2002 |
| Publisher: | Random House Publishing Group
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| Imprint: | Modern Library |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $23.00 |
Book Description:
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Called a “remarkable story” by John Greenleaf Whittier and described by John Keats as “very powerful,”
Wieland, Charles Brockden Brown’s disturbing 1798 tale of terror, is a masterpiece involving spontaneous combustion, disembodied voices, religious mania, and a gruesome murder based on a real-life incident. This Modern Library Paperback Classic includes
Wieland’s fragmentary sequel,
Memoirs of Carwin the Biloquist,...
More DescriptionCalled a “remarkable story” by John Greenleaf Whittier and described by John Keats as “very powerful,” Wieland, Charles Brockden Brown’s disturbing 1798 tale of terror, is a masterpiece involving spontaneous combustion, disembodied voices, religious mania, and a gruesome murder based on a real-life incident.
This Modern Library Paperback Classic includes Wieland’s fragmentary sequel, Memoirs of Carwin the Biloquist, as well as several other important but hard-to-find Brockden Brown short stories, including “Thessalonica,” “Walstein’s School of History,” and “Death of Cicero.” This collection also reproduces the newspaper account of the murder that inspired Wieland.