Charles Brockden Brown
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Charles Brockden Brown was an American novelist, historian, and editor of the Early National period.
Portrait by James Sharples (c. 1798)
Charles Brockden Brown cenotaph in Laurel Hill Cemetery
1811 reprint edition of Wieland; or, the Transformation
Gothic fiction
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Gothic fiction, often referred to as Gothic horror, is a literary aesthetic of fear and haunting. The name of the genre is derived from the Renaissance-era use of the word "gothic", as a pejorative te
Charles Brockden Brown
…figure in literature of the early republic. His best-known works include Wieland and Edgar Huntly, both of which display his characteristic interest in Gothic themes. He has been referred to as the "Father of the American Novel." Brown was born on January 17, 1771, the fourth of five brothers and six surviving…
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus (1818) has come to define Gothic fiction in the Romantic period. Frontispiece to 1831 edition shown, featuring Victor Frankenstein fleeing in disgust from his monster.
The ruins of Wolf's Crag castle in Walter Scott's The Bride of Lammermoor (1819)
Strawberry Hill, southwest London, an English villa in the "Gothic Revival" style, built by Gothic writer Horace Walpole
The Gothic Temple folly in Stowe Gardens, Buckinghamshire, built as a ruin in 1741, designed by James Gibbs