Arthur Mervyn

Revised Edition

Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism
Cover of the book Arthur Mervyn by Charles Brockden Brown, The Kent State University Press
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Author: Charles Brockden Brown ISBN: 9781612773308
Publisher: The Kent State University Press Publication: April 1, 2013
Imprint: The Kent State University Press Language: English
Author: Charles Brockden Brown
ISBN: 9781612773308
Publisher: The Kent State University Press
Publication: April 1, 2013
Imprint: The Kent State University Press
Language: English

Arthur Mervyn has long puzzled students and scholars with its seeming diffuseness, resulting from its original serial publication. Critics agree, however, that the power of this novel lies not so much in its portrait of “right virtue,” which was Brown's primary aim, as in its realistic descriptions of the yellow fever epidemic and the ensuing panic that swept Philadelphia in the summer of 1793. The ambiguities of Arthur Mervyn's character and the precarious nature of the revolutionary 1790s make this novel a particularly apt subject for lively discussion and future scholarship and make this revised edition an excellent classroom text.

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Arthur Mervyn has long puzzled students and scholars with its seeming diffuseness, resulting from its original serial publication. Critics agree, however, that the power of this novel lies not so much in its portrait of “right virtue,” which was Brown's primary aim, as in its realistic descriptions of the yellow fever epidemic and the ensuing panic that swept Philadelphia in the summer of 1793. The ambiguities of Arthur Mervyn's character and the precarious nature of the revolutionary 1790s make this novel a particularly apt subject for lively discussion and future scholarship and make this revised edition an excellent classroom text.

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