Section 3 Lang/Lit Flashcards
What date was Brown Born?
Jan 17, 1771
What is brown referred to as?
America’s first “professional writer”
What is brown praised for?
Being one of the first belletristic writers born, educated, and published in the US
What is brown depicted as?
A martyr to American apathy to the literary arts
Where was Brown born?
Philadelphia
Where was Brown born?
Philadelphia
When was brown Born?
January 17,1771
What was his paternal great grandfather?
One of the original Quaker founders of Nottingham Pennsylvania
What was his maternal grandfather?
A prominent philadelphian furniture maker
Who was his father?
Elijah Brown, Sr. (1740-1810)
What did Brown’s father do?
Land conveyancer and merchant
What happened in the winter of 1777-78
Brown’s father was arrested and imprisoned
Why was Brown’s father arrested?
As a quaker, he refused to swear and oath of allegience to the colonial cause
Did brown attend college?
No, he had a good secondary education between 1781-86 at the Friends Latin School
What did his family hope he would become?
A lawyer to help assist with his older brothers family business (import-export trading house)
What did Brown do to prepare to become a lawyer?
He was an apprentice for 2 years to a Philadelphia lawyer
Did Brown want to be a lawyer?
No, he wanted to be an author
In 1789, at 18 - what did Brown do?
Published a brief periodical essay series called “The Rhapsodist”
Where did brown first publish his work?
In a prominent early American Magazine
What did Brown establish with his friends?
A literary society called the Belles Lettres Club
Who was one of Brown’s closest friends?
William Dunlap (a playwright and painter)
Who wrote the first biography of Brown?
William Dunlap
Where was Brown and Dunlap drawn to?
NYC (and to an intellectual society there called the Friendly Club)
When did Brown and Dunlap move to New York?
Around 1796
