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- Title
Charles Brockden Brown's Lazaretto Chronotope Series.
- Authors
LETTER, JOSEPH J.
- Abstract
The article explores the historical aspects of the literary sketches "The Man at Home" by Charles Brockden Brown, published in a 1798 issue of the journal "Weekly Magazine." Emphasis is given to topics such as the literary motif and metaphor of the lazaretto, differing philosophies of history, and the role of secrecy and concealment in Brown's fictional historiography.
- Subjects
UNITED States; HISTORICAL fiction -- History &; criticism; BROWN, Charles Brockden, 1771-1810; THEMES in American literature; LITERATURE &; history; SECRECY in literature; ANTEBELLUM literature; LITERARY criticism
- Publication
Early American Literature, 2015, Vol 50, Issue 3, p711
- ISSN
0012-8163
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/eal.2015.0070