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9780140390797
Wieland and Memoirs of Carwin the Biloquist
by Brown, Charles Brockden, Fliegelman, Jay
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- ISBN-13: 9780140390797
- ISBN: 0140390790
- Publication Date: 1991
- Publisher: Penguin USA
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Set in rural Pennyslvania in the 1760s, this tale of horror and mystery is based on an actual case of a New York farmer who murdered his family. The author employs Gothic devices and sensational features such as spontaneous combustion, ventriloquism, and religious fanaticism. Fiendish Carwin uses his influence over Clara Wieland and her family, destroying the order and authority of the small community in which they live. The novel examines some fundamental issues crucial to the survival of democracy in the new American republic. The unfinished sequel, Memoirs of Carwin the Biloquist, traces Carwin's career as a follower of the utopist Ludloe.Brown, Charles Brockden is the author of 'Wieland and Memoirs of Carwin the Biloquist', published 1991 under ISBN 9780140390797 and ISBN 0140390790.
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