Charles Brockden Brown

This study of the works of late eighteenth-century American Gothic author Charles Brockden Brown argues that Brown was a seminal figure in the development of four forms of Gothic fiction: the Frontier Gothic, the Urban Gothic, the Psychological Gothic, and the Female Gothic.

'Throughout the study, Weinstock's prose is lucid and entertaining, and his research is wide-ranging and generally solid. Weinstock's breadth as a scholar of early American literature, of Gothic and pop culture (film particularly), and his writing style, which is lucid and not dependent on jargon, make this book widely accessible.', Michael Cody, Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts