American Writers: A Collection of Literary Biographies. Vachel Lindsay to Elinor Wylie. supplement I.. part 2Contains biographical and critical essays on the work of important American writers. Presents scholar-signed essays prepared by experts in the field. |
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... Brown studied Rousseau and the German senti- mentalists , and began to question the systems of thought that he had inherited from Puritanism , Quakerism , and Enlightenment rationalism . In 1790 Brown formed a new friendship that would ...
... Brown studied Rousseau and the German senti- mentalists , and began to question the systems of thought that he had inherited from Puritanism , Quakerism , and Enlightenment rationalism . In 1790 Brown formed a new friendship that would ...
Page 145
... Brown's novels were not selling well , his friends were not submitting manu- scripts for the magazine as they had promised , and his brothers were strongly urging him to abandon writing and enter business with them . Approaching thirty ...
... Brown's novels were not selling well , his friends were not submitting manu- scripts for the magazine as they had promised , and his brothers were strongly urging him to abandon writing and enter business with them . Approaching thirty ...
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... Brown : A Bibli- ographical Essay . " Early American Literature , 9 ( 1974 ) , pp . 164–87 . BIOGRAPHIES Clark , David Lee . Charles Brockden Brown : Pioneer Voice of America . Durham , N.C .: Duke University Press , 1952 . Dunlap ...
... Brown : A Bibli- ographical Essay . " Early American Literature , 9 ( 1974 ) , pp . 164–87 . BIOGRAPHIES Clark , David Lee . Charles Brockden Brown : Pioneer Voice of America . Durham , N.C .: Duke University Press , 1952 . Dunlap ...
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