Edgar Huntly or Memoirs of a Sleep Walker

Klappentext In addition to the definitive UVA text of Brown's seminal novel! this edition includes an introduction setting the work in its historical! literary! and intellectual contexts. Related texts include selections from William Godwin's Enquiry Concerning Political Justice (1793)! Erasmus Darwin's Zoonomia; or! The Laws of Organic Life (1794)! Benjamin Franklin's A Narrative of the Late Massacres (1764)! and Thomas Barton's The Conduct of the Paxton-Men (1764)! as well excerpts from Brown's own essays on somnambulism and the uses of history in fiction. Zusammenfassung In addition to the UVA text of Brown's novel! this edition includes an introduction setting the work in its historical! literary! and intellectual contexts. It also includes several of Brown's writings on such subjects as somnambulism and the uses of history in fiction.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Charles Brockden Brown, Charles Brockden Brown, Stephen Shapiro
• Con la collaborazione di: Philip Barnard (Editore), Stephen Shapiro (Editore)
• Editore: External catalogues_UK
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 15.07.2006
• EAN: 9780872208544
• ISBN: 978-0-87220-854-4
• Dimensioni: 155 mm x 236 mm x 25 mm
• Serie: Hackett Classics
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Biografie, autobiografie; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura / linguistica inglese