Nathaniel Hawthorne
Nathaniel Hawthorne

Author: Milton Meltzer

Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books

Published: 2006-08-01

Total Pages: 162

ISBN-13: 0761334599

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Learn about the life of the famous American author.

Nathaniel Hawthorne in Context
Nathaniel Hawthorne in Context

Author: Monika M. Elbert

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2018-11-15

Total Pages: 902

ISBN-13: 1108650538

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This volume provides a comprehensive overview of Nathaniel Hawthorne and demonstrates why he continues to be a critically significant figure in American literature. The first section focuses on Hawthorne's interest in and knowledge of past (Puritan and colonial) and contemporary nineteenth-century history (women's, African American, Native American) as the inspiration for his writings and the source of his literary success. The second section explores his fascination with social history and popular culture by examining topics as mesmerism, utopian life styles, theatrical performances, and artistic innovations. The third section looks at how Hawthorne succeeded and excelled in the literary marketplace, as an author of children's literature, literary sketches, and historical romances. In the fourth section, Hawthorne's literary precursors, peers, colleagues, and successors are analyzed. In the final section, Hawthorne's attachment to family, nature, and home is examined as the source of creative inspiration and philosophical questing.

Selected Letters of Nathaniel Hawthorne
Selected Letters of Nathaniel Hawthorne

Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne

Publisher: Ohio State University Press

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 9780814208977

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This book is the first-ever selected edition of Nathaniel Hawthorne's letters--169 personal letters and eight letters written while Nathaniel Hawthorne was an American consul. Myerson carefully selected letters focusing on Hawthorne's relationship with famous people of the day: letters written to his wife, Sophia; letters describing everyday life in Salem, Boston, Concord, Britain, France, and Italy; letters in which Hawthorne comments on contemporary literature and his career as an author; and letters that reveal Hawthorne's thoughts and beliefs. Myerson's single-volume Selected Letters of Nathaniel Hawthorne is a welcome addition to the twenty-three-volume Centenary Edition of the Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne (OSU Press)

Nathaniel Hawthorne's Tales
Nathaniel Hawthorne's Tales

Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne

Publisher: W. W. Norton

Published: 1987

Total Pages: 463

ISBN-13: 9780393954265

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The text of this Norton Critical Edition is comprised of twenty-one of Hawthorne's most noteworthy tales and sketches, reprinted from the best collections available. Each tale is fully annotated.

Sunday at Home
Sunday at Home

Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne

Publisher: CreateSpace

Published: 2014-08-25

Total Pages: 24

ISBN-13: 9781500957063

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Every Sabbath morning in the summer-time I thrust back the curtain to watch the sunrise stealing down a steeple which stands opposite my chamber window. First the weathercock begins to flash; then a fainter lustre gives the spire an airy aspect; next it encroaches on the tower and causes the index of the dial to glisten like gold as it points to the gilded figure of the hour. Now the loftiest window gleams, and now the lower. The carved framework of the portal is marked strongly out. At length the morning glory in its descent from heaven comes down the stone steps one by one, and there stands the steeple glowing with fresh radiance, while the shades of twilight still hide themselves among the nooks of the adjacent buildings. Methinks though the same sun brightens it every fair morning, yet the steeple has a peculiar robe of brightness for the Sabbath.