The Romance of Real Life: Charles Brockden Brown and the Origins of American Culture

by Steven Watts

Book Overview

This study aims to reconstruct historically the life and writings of Charles Brockden Brown in terms of their cultural connection. Watts examines in detail Brown's early and later writings. By looking at these often-neglected works more closely, he offers a new perspective on the well-known novels from the late 1790s. Watts's synthetic look at genre as well as chronology reveals broader connections between Brown's literature and American society...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1421436027
• ISBN13: 9781421436029
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 274 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"