About the Book
The second volume in the Collected Writings of Charles Brockden Brown assembles for the first time his major periodical writings from the period when he was also producing his famous novels.
All the pieces he contributed to The Columbian Magazine and The Weekly Magazine are joined by an expansive collection of stories and essays from The Monthly Magazine, which he also edited between 1799 and 1800. Texts offering major insights into Brown’s ideas about the human imagination, American society, and the art of fiction such as “The Rhapsodist,” “The Man at Home,” and “The Difference Between History and Romance,” are complemented by dozens of other works, many never before attributed to him, covering topics ranging from the theatre and classical literature to racial identity and geographical knowledge. Each edited text provides detailed information concerning publication history and provenance, along with extensive scholarly annotation. The editors of the volume include two additional essays: "A Historical Essay," offering detailed contextualization of the post-Revolutionary cultural milieu from which Brown’s magazine writing emerged, and "A Textual Essay," offering new bibliographical information about the texts and explains editorial protocols for the volume.
Table of Contents:
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Part I. Contributions to the Columbian Magazine, or Monthly Miscellanyand the Weekly Magazine of Original Essays, Fugitive Pieces, and Interesting Intelligence (1789–1798)
1. “The Rhapsodist. No. I,” Columbian Magazine, or Monthly Miscellany 3, no. 8 (August 1789): 464–67.
2. “The Rhapsodist. No. II,” Columbian Magazine, or Monthly Miscellany 3, no. 9 (September 1789): 537–41.
3. “The Rhapsodist. No. III,” Columbian Magazine, or Monthly Miscellany 3, no. 10 (October 1789): 597–601.
4. “The Rhapsodist. No. IV,” Columbian Magazine, or Monthly Miscellany 3, no. 11 (November 1789): 661–65.
5. “The Man at Home. No. I,” Weekly Magazine of Original Essays, Fugitive Pieces, and Interesting Intelligence 1, no. 1 (February 3, 1798): 1–4.
6. “The Man at Home. No. II,” Weekly Magazine of Original Essays, Fugitive Pieces, and Interesting Intelligence 1, no. 2 (February 10, 1798): 33–37.
7. “The Man at Home. No. III,” Weekly Magazine of Original Essays, Fugitive Pieces, and Interesting Intelligence 1, no. 3 (February 17, 1798): 65–67.
8. “The Man at Home. No. IV,” Weekly Magazine of Original Essays, Fugitive Pieces, and Interesting Intelligence 1, no. 4 (February 24, 1798): 99–103.
9. “The Man at Home. No. V,” Weekly Magazine of Original Essays, Fugitive Pieces, and Interesting Intelligence 1, no. 5 (March 3, 1798): 133–36.
10. “The Man at Home. No. VI,” Weekly Magazine of Original Essays, Fugitive Pieces, and Interesting Intelligence 1, no. 6 (March 10, 1798): 167–70.
11. “The Man at Home. No. VII,” Weekly Magazine of Original Essays, Fugitive Pieces, and Interesting Intelligence 1, no. 7 (March 17, 1798): 193–95.
12. “To the Editor of the Weekly Magazine,” Weekly Magazine of Original Essays, Fugitive Pieces, and Interesting Intelligence 1, no. 7 (March 17, 1798): 202.
13. “The Man at Home. No. VIII,” Weekly Magazine of Original Essays, Fugitive Pieces, and Interesting Intelligence 1, no. 8 (March 24, 1798): 225–26.
14. “Extract from the ‘Sky-Walk,’” Weekly Magazine of Original Essays, Fugitive Pieces, and Interesting Intelligence 1, no. 8 (March 24, 1798): 228–31.
15. “The Man at Home. No. IX,” Weekly Magazine of Original Essays, Fugitive Pieces, and Interesting Intelligence 1, no. 9 (March 31, 1798): 257–61.
16. “The Man at Home. No. X,” Weekly Magazine of Original Essays, Fugitive Pieces, and Interesting Intelligence 1, no. 10 (April 7, 1798): 289–91.
17. “A. Z. Requests to be Informed…,” Weekly Magazine of Original Essays, Fugitive Pieces, and Interesting Intelligence 1, no. 10 (April 7, 1798): 318.
18. “The Man at Home. No. XI,” Weekly Magazine of Original Essays, Fugitive Pieces, and Interesting Intelligence 1, no. 11 (April 14, 1798): 320–23.
19. “On Theatres,” Weekly Magazine of Original Essays, Fugitive Pieces, and Interesting Intelligence 1, no. 11 (April 14, 1798): 323–24.
20. “The Man at Home. No. XII,” Weekly Magazine of Original Essays, Fugitive Pieces, and Interesting Intelligence 1, no. 12 (April 21, 1798): 352–55.
21. “On the Effects of Theatric Exhibitions,” Weekly Magazine of Original Essays, Fugitive Pieces, and Interesting Intelligence1, no. 12 (April 21, 1798): 357–60.
22. “A Series of Original Letters—Letter I,” Weekly Magazine of Original Essays, Fugitive Pieces, and Interesting Intelligence1, no. 12 (April 21, 1798): 364–65.
23. “The Man at Home. No. XIII,” Weekly Magazine of Original Essays, Fugitive Pieces, and Interesting Intelligence 1, no. 13 (April 28, 1798): 383–86.
24. “A Series of Original Letters. Letter II–Letter III,” Weekly Magazine of Original Essays, Fugitive Pieces, and Interesting Intelligence1, no. 13 (April 28, 1798): 389–93.
25. “Suicide,” Weekly Magazine of Original Essays, Fugitive Pieces, and Interesting Intelligence 2, no. 14 (May 5, 1798): 3–6.
26. “Review of Count Rumford’s Essays. [Part I],” Weekly Magazine of Original Essays, Fugitive Pieces, and Interesting Intelligence 2, no. 14 (May 5, 1798): 6–8.
27. “A Series of Original Letters. Letter IV–Letter V,” Weekly Magazine of Original Essays, Fugitive Pieces, and Interesting Intelligence 2, no. 14 (May 5, 1798): 8–12.
28. “On Scheming,” Weekly Magazine of Original Essays, Fugitive Pieces, and Interesting Intelligence 2, no. 15 (May 12, 1798): 38–39.
29. “A Series of Original Letters—Letter VI,” Weekly Magazine of Original Essays, Fugitive Pieces, and Interesting Intelligence 2, no. 15 (May 12, 1798): 46–47.
30. “A Series of Original Letters—Letter VII,” Weekly Magazine of Original Essays, Fugitive Pieces, and Interesting Intelligence 2, no. 16 (May 19, 1798): 69–71.
31. “A Lesson on Sensibility,” Weekly Magazine of Original Essays, Fugitive Pieces, and Interesting Intelligence 2, no. 16 (May 19, 1798): 71–76.
32. “A Series of Original Letters—Letter IX,” Weekly Magazine of Original Essays, Fugitive Pieces, and Interesting Intelligence 2, no. 17 (May 26, 1798): 103–5.
33. “A Series of Original Letters—Letter X,” Weekly Magazine of Original Essays, Fugitive Pieces, and Interesting Intelligence 2, no. 18 (June 2, 1798): 135–37.
34. “Queries,” Weekly Magazine of Original Essays, Fugitive Pieces, and Interesting Intelligence 2, no. 21 (June 23, 1798): 232–33.
Part II. Contributions to the Monthly Magazine, and American Reviewand “Death of Cicero, A Fragment” (1799–1800)
35. “The Economist. No. I,” Monthly Magazine, and American Review 1, no. 1 (April 1799): 8–10.
36. “On Almanacks,” Monthly Magazine, and American Review 1, no. 2 (May 1799): 85–88.
37. “Parallel Between Hume, Robertson and Gibbon,” Monthly Magazine, and American Review 1, no. 2 (May 1799): 90–94.
38. “Thessalonica: A Roman Story,” Monthly Magazine, and American Review 1, no. 2 (May 1799): 99–117.
39. “[Review of] New Views of the Origin of the Tribes and Nations of America, by Benjamin Smith Barton,” Monthly Magazine, and American Review 1, no. 2 (May 1799): 117–19.
40. “[Review of] The History of America…, by William Robertson,” Monthly Magazine, and American Review 1, no. 2 (May 1799): 130–32.
41. “Portrait of an Emigrant. Extracted from a Letter,” Monthly Magazine, and American Review 1, no. 3 (June 1799): 161–64.
42. “Thoughts on Style,” Monthly Magazine, and American Review 1, no. 3 (June 1799): 167–69.
43. “Philadelphia Water-Works,” Monthly Magazine, and American Review 1, no. 3 (June 1799): 181–82.
44. “[Review of] The History of Pennsylvania…, by Robert Proud,” Monthly Magazine, and American Review 1, no. 3 (June 1799): 216–17.
45. “[Review of] Joan of Arc: An Epic Poem, by Robert Southey,” Monthly Magazine, and American Review 1, no. 3 (June 1799): 225–29.
46. “On the Stature of Man,” Monthly Magazine, and American Review 1, no. 4 (July 1799): 247–54.
47. “Walstein’s School of History. From the German of Krants of Gotha. [Part I],” Monthly Magazine, and American Review 1, no. 5 (August 1799): 335–38.
48. “Walstein’s School of History. From the German of Krants of Gotha. [Part II],” Monthly Magazine, and American Review 1, no. 6 (September–December 1799): 407–11.
49. “On the Number of Printed Books,” Monthly Magazine, and American Review 1, no. 6 (September–December 1799): 415–17.
50. “Thoughts on the Probable Termination of Negro Slavery in the United States of America,” Monthly Magazine, and American Review 2, no. 2 (February 1800): 81–84.
51. “Remarks upon the Russian Empire,” Monthly Magazine, and American Review 2, no. 2 (February 1800): 99–102.
52. “Note on Stephen Calvert,” Monthly Magazine, and American Review 2, no. 3 (March 1800): 172–73.
53. “A Lesson on Concealment; or, Memoirs of Mary Selwyn,” Monthly Magazine, and American Review 2, no. 3 (March 1800): 174–207.
54. “Remarks on a Passage in Virgil,” Monthly Magazine, and American Review 2, no. 4 (April 1800): 243–47.
55. “The Difference Between History and Romance,” Monthly Magazine, and American Review 2, no. 4 (April 1800): 251–53.
56. “On the Scheme of an American Language,” Monthly Magazine, and American Review 3, no. 1 (July 1800): 1–4.
57. “On a Taste for the Picturesque,” Monthly Magazine, and American Review 3, no. 1 (July 1800): 11–13.
58. “The Trials of Arden,” Monthly Magazine, and American Review 3, no. 1 (July 1800): 19–36.
59. “On Conversation,” Monthly Magazine, and American Review 3, no. 2 (August 1800): 87–88.
60. “Remarks on Short-Hand Writing,” Monthly Magazine, and American Review 3, no. 2 (August 1800): 92–96.
61. “Thoughts on American Newspapers,” Monthly Magazine, and American Review 3, no. 4 (October 1800): 259–64.
62. “Objections to Richardson’s Clarissa,” Monthly Magazine, and American Review 3, no. 5 (November 1800): 321–23.
63. “What Is a JEW?” Monthly Magazine, and American Review 3, no. 5 (November 1800): 323–25.
64. “On the Prevailing Ignorance of Geography,” Monthly Magazine, and American Review 3, no. 6 (December 1800): 410–12.
65. “On the Portraits of Death,” Monthly Magazine, and American Review 3, no. 6 (December 1800): 413–16.
66. “Death of Cicero, A Fragment,” in Edgar Huntly; or, Memoirs of a Sleep-Walker, 2nd ed. (Philadelphia: H. Maxwell, 1800), vol. 3, 3–48.
Illustrations
Historical Essay
Textual Essay
Appendix: Checklist of Writings Omitted from Volume 2 of Collected Writings
Selected Bibliography
End-Line Hyphenation List
Index
About the Editors
About the Author :
Matthew Pethers is Associate Professor of American Literary and Cultural History at the University of Nottingham. He is the co-editor of The Part and the Whole in Early American Literature, Print Culture, and Art and The Edinburgh Companion to Nineteenth-Century American Letters and Letter-Writing.
Leonard von Morzé is Associate Professor of English and Interim Dean of the Honors College at the University of Massachusetts Boston. He is the editor of Cities and the Circulation of Culture in the Atlantic World.
Hilary Emmett is Associate Professor in American Studies at the University of East Anglia, where she specialises in transnational literary studies. She is the co-editor of The Oxford Handbook to Charles Brockden Brown and The Affects of Pedagogy in Literary Studies.
