"Wieland; Or, the Transformation"

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This paper reviews Charles Brockden Brown's "Wieland; Or, the Transformation" and examines its overall theme and style. The paper identifies the literary devices utilized in this work and relates that Brown was the originator of the American gothic style of writing. The paper notes that Brown attempted to infuse a moral into his work while also making it an entertaining read.

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"In Charles Brockden Brown's 1798 work Wieland; Or, the Transformation, written during his novelistic phase from 1798 to 1801, the reader is confronted with a very strange world, filled with equally strange characters, situations, events and literary extrapolations. Like many of his contemporaries, Charles Brockden Brown, a Philadelphia Quaker, was fascinated with the natural world, a possible reflection of his love for Romanticism and the Gothic; he was also highly concerned with the perfectibility of man, the abolition of injustice, the reform of American education and the relationships between men and women. In addition, as demonstrated in Wieland, Brown had been mentally stirred by the findings of a number of scientists living in Philadelphia, especially related to medical studies and the hidden powers of the human mind."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Brown, Charles Brockden. Wieland; Or, the Transformation. Garden City, NY: Anchor Press/Doubleday, 1973.

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