From 1803 to 1807, Charles Brockden Brown served as editor and
chief contributor to the Literary Magazine, and American Register,
a popular Philadelphia miscellany. His position allowed him to
observe and comment upon life in the United States and
transatlantic world during the nineteenth century' first decade.
America's first novelist, he moved to journalism in his later
years. This book considers how Brown's Literary Magazine
contributed to the development of cultural cohesiveness and
political stability in the young United States. It explores the
intellectual and cultural setting in which this Philadelphia
miscellany was published, the political writing that appears in
what Brown claimed was a politically neutral venue, and the social
and cultural criticism that attempts to guide the development of
the American character. During his twenty years as an author, he
participated in disseminating texts of cultural and literary worth.
Brown's essays and reviews assisted in the establishment of reading
habits in America and influenced the public reception of the early
American press.
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