By Leland S. Person
Because the writer of The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne has been proven as a big author of the 19th century and the main favorite chronicler of latest England and its colonial historical past. This introductory ebook for college kids coming to Hawthorne for the 1st time outlines his lifestyles and writings in a transparent and obtainable kind. Leland S. individual additionally explains a few of the major cultural and social pursuits that stimulated Hawthorne's most crucial writings: Puritanism, Transcendentalism and Feminism. the main works, together with The Scarlet Letter, the home of the Seven Gables and The Blithedale Romance, in addition to Hawthorne's vital brief tales and non-fiction, are analysed intimately. The e-book additionally features a short heritage and survey of Hawthorne scholarship, with specific emphasis on contemporary reviews. scholars of nineteenth-century American literature will locate this a profitable and fascinating advent to this notable author.
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