查尔斯·布鲁克顿·布朗将英国哥特小说引入美国文学,却赋予它丰富的内容,使它实现了美国本土化。他的小说,探讨了白人与印第安人之间的敌对、宗教狂热所带来的负面效应、以及都市生活所带来的异化,开拓了早期美国小说的格局,使小说成为美国经验的表达,为美国文学摆脱英国文学束缚做出了重大贡献。 Charles Brookton Brown introduced British gothic novels to American literature, but gave it rich content to make it realize the localization of the United States. His novels discuss the negative effects of hostility and religious fanaticism between white and Indians as well as the alienation brought by urban life. They open up the pattern of early American novels and make the novel an expression of American experience. American literature made a significant contribution to get rid of the shackles of British literature.