The year 1798 saw the publication of Charles Brockden Brown's Wieland, the first American gothic novel and a groundwork of gothic tradition in American literature.

1798年，美国本土作家查尔斯·布鲁克登·布朗的《威兰》拉开了美国哥特小说的序幕，并由此奠定了美国文学中的哥特传统。

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