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In addition to the definitive UVA text of Brown's seminal novel, this edition includes an introduction setting the work in its historical, literary, and intellectual contexts. Related texts include selections from William Godwin's Enquiry Concerning Political Justice (1793), Erasmus Darwin's Zoonomia; or, The Laws of Organic Life (1794), Benjamin Franklin's "A Narrative of the Late Massacres" (1764), and Thomas Barton's "The Conduct of the Paxton-Men" (1764), as well excerpts from Brown's own essays on somnambulism and the uses of history in fiction.

"This is now the edition of choice for those of us who teach Brown's fascinating Edgar Huntly.  Barnard and Shapiro explore the relevant historical, cultural, and literary backgrounds in their illuminating Introduction; they skillfully annotate the text; they provide useful and up-to-date bibliographies; and they append a number of revealing primary texts for further cultural contextualization.  This edition will help to stimulate new thinking about race, empire, and sexuality in Brown's prescient novel of the American frontier."
     —Robert S. Levine, University of Maryland

"The striking painting by a French artist on the cover of this American novel signals the editors' refreshing approach to Edgar Huntly through trans-Atlantic discourses of empire, radical-democratic social theory, sensibility, and sexuality. . . .This edition provides students with the tools to contextualize and analyze Edgar Huntly, including an extensive bibliography of relevant scholarship and footnotes that define unfamiliar words, give historical background, or refer the reader back to the introduction.  Barnard and Shapiro's selection of related texts from works including William Godwin's Political Justice and Brown's essays gives students insight on Edgar Huntly's sources."
     —Yvette Piggush, Journal of the Early Republic

     CONTENTS

     Acknowledgments
     Introduction
     A Note on the Text

     Edgar Huntly; or, Memoirs of a Sleep-Walker

     Related Texts:

     A. William Godwin, excerpts from
          Enquiry Concerning Political Justice (1793)

     B. Erasmus Darwin, excerpts from Zoönomia;
          or, The Laws of Organic Life (1794)

     C. Benjamin Franklin, excerpts from "A Narrative
          of the Late Massacres" (1764)

     D. Thomas Barton, excerpts from "The conduct
          of the Paxton-men, impartially represented . . .
          With some Remarks upon the Narrative
          of the Indian-massacre, lately publish'd" (1764)

     E. The "Panther" Captivity Narrative (1787)

     F. Charles Brocken Brown, Elihu Hubbard Smith,
          William Dunlap; Dossier on Sky-Walk
          (March–April 1798)

     G. Charles Brocken Brown, excerpt from
          "On the Effects of Theatric Exhibitions"
          (April 1798)

     H. Charles Brocken Brown, "Walstein's School
          of History. From the German of Krants
          of Gotha" (August–September 1799)

     I. Charles Brocken Brown, "The Difference
          Between History and Romance" (April 1800)

     J. Anonymous, excerpts from "The Traveler"
          (October 1803–January 1804)

     K. Charles Brocken Brown, excerpt from
          "Memorandums Made on a Journey Through
          Part of Pennsylvania" (January 1804)

     L. Charles Brocken Brown, "Romances"
          (January 1805)

     M. Charles Brocken Brown, excerpt from
          "Terrific Novels" (April 1805)

     N. Charles Brocken Brown, "Somnambulism.
          A fragment." (May 1805)

     Bibliography and Works Cited

Philip Barnard is Associate Professor of English, University of Kansas.

Stephen Shapiro is Associate Professor in the Department of English and Comparative Literary Studies, University of Warwick.


Also Available from Hackett Publishing Company:

Modern Chivalry, by Hugh Henry Brackenridge, Edited and Introduced by Ed White

Other works by Charles Brockden Brown, edited, with introductions,
by Philip Barnard and Stephen Shapiro:

Arthur Mervyn; or, Memoirs of the Year 1793, with Related Texts

Wieland; or the Transformation, with Related Texts

Ormond; or, the Secret Witness, with Related Texts

Charles Brockden Brown's Wieland, Ormond, Arthur Mervyn, and Edgar Huntly, with Related Texts: A Four-Volume Set