I. Mitchell

Isaac Mitchell was an early American writer and journalist active during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. He is primarily remembered today for his contributions to early American fiction, particularly within the Gothic genre.\n\nMitchell's most notable literary achievement is his Gothic novel, The Asylum, or Alonzo and Melissa. As a journalist and author, his work reflects the literary and media landscape of the early United States, helping to shape the country's early national literature.