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Nathaniel Hawthorne (Hardcover)
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Nathaniel Hawthorne (Hardcover)
Series: Critical Insights
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This title offers in-depth critical discussions of his life and
works. To this day Nathaniel Hawthorne remains one of the most
studied authors in the English language. His literary output
included tales, novels, and essays, and his influence was felt by
writers the world over. As stated in Jack Lynch's introduction to
this volume, Hawthorne's works 'can be found in virtually every
library in the English-speaking world. No responsible survey course
on American literature is complete without ""The Scarlet Letter"";
no reputable collection of American short stories can omit ""The
Birth-mark"" or ""Rappaccini's Daughter"". He stands at the center
of nineteenth-century American literature.' Indeed Hawthorne is
considered to be among the forefathers of American literature.
Edited by literary scholar Jack Lynch of Rutgers University,
Newark, this volume in the ""Critical Insights"" series brings
together some of the high points of the last half-decade of
Hawthorne criticism. The essays contained within present a variety
of critical viewpoints and an array of critical approaches. Some
consider the cultural and historical contexts of Hawthorne's works,
while others examine the state of Hawthorne studies through
changing critical fashions. Some of the essays look to biographical
speculation, some consider Hawthorne's psychology, and yet others
look closely to those issues that concerned Hawthorne most.
Hawthorne's major work, ""The Scarlet Letter"" receives critical
attention with essays by Hugo McPherson, John G. Bayer, and Evans
Lansing Smith, while some of Hawthorne's stories are examined in
essays by Kathryn B. McKee and Bill Christophersen. His essays
receive careful consideration by Thomas R. Moore, while well-known
scholars such as Leo B. Levy, Nina Baym, Claudia D. Johnson, and
Melvin W. Askew probe broad subjects such as 19th century
perfectionism, the fall of man, and notions of the sublime. While
necessarily a sampling of the critical approaches to Hawthorne's
work, the 18 essays contained in this volume provide an excellent
starting point for those readers interested in studying this 19th
century American literary master. Each essay is 5,000 words in
length, and all essays conclude with a list of ""Works Cited,""
along with endnotes.
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