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The general insincerity of political orations; the seeming hypocrisy of the moral expressions from the pulpit; and the contrast between the promises of the Revolution and the actuality of government policies prompted Brown to consider ...
The general insincerity of political orations; the seeming hypocrisy of the moral expressions from the pulpit; and the contrast between the promises of the Revolution and the actuality of government policies prompted Brown to consider ...
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Brown's novels were not selling well, his friends were not submitting manuscripts for the magazine as they had promised, and his brothers were strongly urging him to abandon writing and enter business with them.
Brown's novels were not selling well, his friends were not submitting manuscripts for the magazine as they had promised, and his brothers were strongly urging him to abandon writing and enter business with them.
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Krause, Sydney J. "A Census of the Works of Charles Brockden Brown. "Serif, 3:27-55 (1966). Spiller, Robert E., et al. Literary History of the United States: Bibliography . New York and London: Macmillan, 1974. Pp. 417-19; 879; 1153.
Krause, Sydney J. "A Census of the Works of Charles Brockden Brown. "Serif, 3:27-55 (1966). Spiller, Robert E., et al. Literary History of the United States: Bibliography . New York and London: Macmillan, 1974. Pp. 417-19; 879; 1153.
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| Title | American writers: a collection of literary biographies. Jane Addams to Sidney Lanier |
| Editor | Leonard Unger |
| Publisher | Charles Scribner's sons, 1979 |
| ISBN | 0684157977, 9780684157979 |
| Length | 373 pages |
| Subjects | › › Literary Criticism / American / General |
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