See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

CHARLES BROCKDEN See also:

• BROWN
• CHARLES BROCKDEN BROWN (1771-181o)
• BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
• BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
• BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
• BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
• BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
• BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
• BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
• BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
• BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
• BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
• BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
• BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
• BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
• BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
• BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
• BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
• BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
• BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
• BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
• BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
• BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)

BROWN (1771-181o)  , See also:

• AMERICAN

American novelist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born of Quaker parents in See also:

• PHILADELPHIA

Philadelphia, on the 17th of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1771 . Of delicate constitution and retiring habits, he See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early devoted himself to study; his See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal amusement was the invention of ideal architectural designs, devised on the most extensive and elaborate See also:

• SCALE
• SCALE (1) A

scale . This characteristic See also:

• TALENT (Lat. talentum, adaptation of Gr. TaXavrov, balance, ! Recollections of a First Visit to the Alps (1841); Vacation Rambles weight, from root raX-, to lift, as in rXi vac, to bear, 1-aXas, and Thoughts, comprising recollections of three Continental

talent for construction subsequently assumed the shape of Utopian projects for perfect commonwealths, and at a later See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period of a See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of novels distinguished by the ingenuity and consistent See also:

• EVOLUTION

evolution of the See also:

• PLOT
• PLOT, ROBERT (164o-1696)

plot . The transition between these intellectual phases is marked by a juvenile See also:

• ROMANCE

romance entitled Carsol, not published until after the author's See also:

• DEATH

death, which professes to depict an imaginary community, and shows how thoroughly the See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young American was inspired by See also:

• GODWIN, FRANCIS (1562-1633)
• GODWIN, MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT (1759-1797)
• GODWIN, WILLIAM

Godwin and See also:

• MARY
• MARY (1457-1482)
• MARY (1496-1533)
• MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS

Mary Wollstonecraft, whose principal writings had recently made their See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance . From the latter he derived the See also:

• IDEA (Gr. Ibia, connected with i&eiv, to see; cf. Lat. species from specere, to look at)

idea of his next See also:

• WORK

work, The See also:

• DIALOGUE

Dialogue of See also:

• ALCUIN (Marmara)

Alcuin (r797), an enthusiastic but inexperienced See also:

• ESSAY, ESSAYIST (Fr. essai, Late Lat. exagium, a weighing or balance; exigere, to examine; the term in general meaning any trial or effort)

essay on the question of woman's rights and liberties . From Godwin he learned his terse See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style, condensed to a See also:

• FAULT (Mid. Eng. faute, through the French, from the popular Latin use of fallere, to fail; the originallof the Latin being replaced in English in the 15th century)

fault, but too laconic for eloquence or modulation, and the See also:

• ART

art of developing a plot from a single psychological problem or mysterious circumstance . The novels which he now rapidly produced offer the strongest See also:

• AFFINITY (Lat. affinitas, relationship by marriage, from offinis, bordering on, related to; finis, border, boundary)
• AFFINITY, CHEMICAL

affinity to See also:

• CALEB (Heb. keleb, " dog ")

Caleb See also:

• WILLIAMS
• WILLIAMS, JOHN (1582-1650)
• WILLIAMS, JOHN (1796-1839)
• WILLIAMS, ROGER (c. 1604–1684)
• WILLIAMS, ROWLAND (1817-1870)
• WILLIAMS, SIR WILLIAM FENWICK

Williams, and if inferior to that remarkable work in subtlety of See also:

• MENTAL

mental See also:

• ANALYSIS (Gr. avci and Meta, to break up into parts)

analysis, greatly surpass it in affluence of invention and intensity of poetical feeling . All are See also:

• WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

wild and weird in conception, with incidents bordering on the preternatural, yet the limit of possibility is never transgressed . In See also:

• WIELAND, CHRISTOPH MARTIN (1733-1813)

Wieland; or the Transformation (1798), the first and most striking, a seemingly inexplicable See also:

• MYSTERY (Gr. µw(Trilpcov, from tcuvrm, an initiate, µfew, to shut the mouth)

mystery is resolved into a See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case of See also:

• VENTRILOQUISM (Lat. venter, belly, and loqui, to speak)

ventriloquism . See also:

• ARTHUR (Fr. Arius)
• ARTHUR, CHESTER ALAN (1830 – 1886)

Arthur Mervyn; or See also:

• MEMOIRS

Memoirs of the See also:

• YEAR

Year 1793 (1798-1800), is remarkable for the description of the epidemic of yellow See also:

• FEVER (Lat. febris, connected with fervere, to burn)

fever in Philadelphia . See also:

• EDGAR (EADGAR)
• EDGAR, or EADGAR (c. 1050-c. 1130)

Edgar See also:

• HUNTLY
• HUNTLY, EARLS AND MARQUESSES OF

Huntly (Philadelphia, 18o1), a romance See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich in See also:

• LOCAL

local colouring, is remarkable for the effective use made of See also:

• SOMNAMBULISM (from Lat. somnus, sleep, and ambulare, to walk)

somnambulism, and anticipates See also:

• COOPER
• COOPER (or COUPER), THOMAS (c. 1517-1594)
• COOPER, ABRAHAM (1787—1868)
• COOPER, ALEXANDER (d. i66o)
• COOPER, CHARLES HENRY (18o8-1866)
• COOPER, JAMES FENIMORE (1789-1851)
• COOPER, PETER (1791-1883)
• COOPER, SAMUEL (1609-1672)
• COOPER, SIR ASTLEY PASTON (1768-1841)
• COOPER, THOMAS (1759–1840)
• COOPER, THOMAS (1805–1892)
• COOPER, THOMAS SIDNEY (1803–1902)

Cooper's introduction of the American See also:

• INDIAN

Indian into fiction . See also:

• ORMOND

Ormond (1799) is less powerful, but contains one See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character, See also:

• CONSTANTIA

Constantia See also:

• DUDLEY
• DUDLEY, BARONS AND EARLS OF
• DUDLEY, EDMUND (c. 1462—1510)
• DUDLEY, SIR ROBERT (1573—1649)
• DUDLEY, THOMAS (1576-1653)

Dudley, which excited the enthusiastic admiration of See also:

• SHELLEY, MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT (1797-1851)
• SHELLEY, PERCY BYSSHE (1792-1822)

Shelley .

Two subsequent novels, See also:

• CLARA, SAINT (1194-1253)

Clara See also:

• HOWARD (FAMILY)
• HOWARD, CATHERINE (d. 1542)
• HOWARD, JOHN (1726-1790)
• HOWARD, LORD WILLIAM (1563–1640)
• HOWARD, OLIVER OTIS (1830-19o9)
• HOWARD, SIR ROBERT (1626–1698)

Howard (18or) and Jane See also:

• TALBOT (FAMILY)
• TALBOT, MARY ANNE (1778-1808)
• TALBOT, WILLIAM HENRY FOX (1800–1877)

Talbot (1804) , dealing with See also:

• ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary See also:

• LIFE

life, proved failures, and See also:

• BROWN
• BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
• BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
• BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
• BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
• BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
• BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
• BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
• BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
• BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
• BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
• BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
• BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
• BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
• BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
• BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
• BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
• BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
• BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
• BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
• BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
• BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
• BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)

Brown betook himself to compiling a See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general See also:

• SYSTEM

system of See also:

• GEOGRAPHY (Gr. yil, earth, and ypiickty, to write)

geography, editing a periodical, and an See also:

• ANNUAL

annual See also:

• REGISTER

register, and See also:

• WRITING
• WRITING (the verbal noun of " to write," O. Eng. writan, to inscribe)

writing See also:

• POLITICAL

political See also:

• PAMPHLETS

pamphlets . He died of See also:

• CONSUMPTION (Lat. consumere)

consumption on the 22nd of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 181o . He is depicted by his biographer as the purest and most amiable of men, and in spite of a certain formality, due perhaps to his Quaker See also:

• EDUCATION

education, the statement is See also:

• BORNE, KARL LUDWIG (1786–1837)

borne out by his See also:

• CORRESPONDENCE
• CORRESPONDENCE (from med. scholastic Lat. correspondentia, corrcspondere, compounded of Lat. cum, with, and respond ere, to answer; cf. Fr. correspondance)

correspondence . The life of See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles Brockden Brown was written by his friend See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William Dunlap (Philadelphia, 1815) . See also William H . See also:

• PRESCOTT, WILLIAM HICKLING (1796-1859)

Prescott, See also:

• BIOGRAPHICAL

Biographical and See also:

• CRITICAL (in alphabetical order of authors)

Critical Miscellanies (New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York, 1845) . His See also:

• WORKS

works in 6 vols. were published at Philadelphia in 1857 with a " life," and in a limited and more elaborate edition (1887) .