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Brother Jonathan (novel)

 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page.

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/February 3, 2024 by Gog the Mild (talk) 12:01, 28 December 2023 (UTC)



Brother Jonathan is an 1825 historical novel about the American Revolution. Author John Neal (pictured) was considered one of America's top novelists at the time. The story explores cross-cultural relationships and highlights cultural diversity within the Thirteen Colonies, stressing egalitarianism and challenging the conception of a unified American nation. The book's sexual themes were explicit for the period, addressing female sexual virtue and male guilt for sexual misdeeds. Scholars have praised Brother Jonathan's extensive and early use of realism in depicting American culture and speech. It is Neal's longest work and possibly the longest single work of American fiction until well into the twentieth century. The editing process resulted in a number of inconsistencies in the plot. It was a financial failure that received mixed but mostly warm reviews at the time. Twenty-first century readers are generally unaware of the book, and many scholars consider it too complex to be considered good.
 * Most recent similar article(s): The most recent TFA for a John Neal novel (or anything else directly related to Neal) was April 19, 2023. This is also the most recent TFA about a non-graphic novel. The most recent TFA about a book (nonfiction book, published 2021) was November 25. The most recent TFA about a pre-21st-century book (in this case, a natural history book published 1835) was on May 26. The most recent article about a novel (graphic novel in this case) was May 25.
 * Main editors: Dugan Murphy
 * Promoted: November 30, 2023
 * Reasons for nomination: From my review of recent TFAs, there seems to be a dearth of content relevant to novels or historic books of any kind. This TFA would help mitigate that.
 * Support as nominator. Dugan Murphy (talk) 01:27, 1 December 2023 (UTC)
 * That's a great blurb. I've got a proposed schedule up for January already, but there's always a chance that something will open up. And February is wide open, of course. - Dank (push to talk) 03:12, 1 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Pushed to February. - Dank (push to talk) 01:02, 2 December 2023 (UTC)