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American Proteus: Narrative Self-Making in the Novels of Charles Brockden Brown

By author: John Wenke
ISBN: 9780881469929
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American Proteus: Narrative Self-Making in the Novels of Charles Brockden Brown
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AMERICAN PROTEUS seeks to explain what it means for Charles Brockden Brown (1771-1810) to have created out of his life-experiences and encompassing cultural milieu a novel kind of fiction for a new kind of country. As a work of biographical criticism, this study charts the emergence of Brown's authorial voice as it developed throughout an amorphous, multifaceted, and conflicted apprenticeship. This eleven-year period of literary experimentation established the foundation for his brief yet momentous career as a publishing novelist that lasted from 1798 through 1801. More Details