Date of Award

2007

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts in English Composition

Department

English

First Advisor

Carlson, David J

Second Advisor

Doane, Margaret

Abstract

The purpose of this thesis is to show that Charles Brockden Brown was influenced by the American Revolution and the incidents that come after it. It is suggested that Brown created a gothic fiction that was intended to be a critique on the American Revolution by using murder narrratives present during the time to create his characters. Gothic fiction consists of many elements such as setting arechetypal characters, terror, emotion, psychological turmoil and language use.

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