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The Rhapsodist and Other Uncollected Writings
The Rhapsodist and Other Uncollected Writings Author:Charles B. Brown When Charles Brockden Brown astonished lovers of fiction by publishing six novels within three years, between September 1798 and 1801, he established a record for fecundity which remained unsurpassed for decades. A long background of thinking and preparation gave depth to his maxim filled books, which continues to tease us with thoughts of the a... more »uthor's unfulfilled literary promise because of their wise comments upon human behavior. In these essays, now reprinted for the first time, there are hints of the novelist to come. First to be noted is that a moralist is constructing maxims for the guidance of society. This propensity to set forth general moral principles marks Brown's novels; conventional melodramatic terror stories are lifted above the level of ordinary fiction by numerous maxims universalizing psychological and philosophical reflections upon both normal and strange occurrences. The essays included in this book are: The Rhapsodist; The Man At Home; A Series of Original Letters; Advertisement for Sky Walk; An Extract From Sky Walk; and Walstein's School of History.« less