"Immured in these dreary meditations, the night passed away."

— Brown, Charles Brockden (1771-1810)

Author

Brown, Charles Brockden (1771-1810)

Work Title

Arthur Mervyn; or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 [First Part]

Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Hugh Maxwell
Date
1799
Metaphor
"Immured in these dreary meditations, the night passed away."
Metaphor in Context
Immured in these dreary meditations, the night passed away.
(Part I, chapter 16, p. 370)
Categories
Architecture::Wall
Provenance
Reading
Citation
First part published in 1799; second in 1800. Reading and transcribing text from Charles Brockden Brown, Three Gothic Novels. New York: Library of America,1998.
Date of Entry
07/18/2003
Date of Review
06/26/2007

The Mind is a Metaphor is authored by Brad Pasanek, Assistant Professor of English, University of Virginia.