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.


Works

Works

Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne

Publisher:

Published: 1882

Total Pages: 412

ISBN-13:

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Selected Tales and Sketches

Selected Tales and Sketches

Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 1987-03-03

Total Pages: 481

ISBN-13: 1101077808

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The short fiction of a writer who helped to shape the course of American literature. With a determined commitment to the history of his native land, Nathaniel Hawthorne revealed, more incisively than any writer of his generation, the nature of a distinctly American consciousness. The pieces collected here deal with essentially American matters: the Puritan past, the Indians, the Revolution. But Hawthorne was highly - often wickedly - unorthodox in his account of life in early America, and his precisely constructed plots quickly engage the reader's imagination. Written in the 1820s, 30s, and 40s, these works are informed by themes that reappear in Hawthorne's longer works: The Scarlet Letter, The House of the Seven Gables and The Blithedale Romance. And, as Michael J. Colacurcio points out in his excellent introduction, they are themes that are now deeply embedded in the American literary tradition.


Critical Companion to Nathaniel Hawthorne

Critical Companion to Nathaniel Hawthorne

Author: Sarah Bird Wright

Publisher: Infobase Publishing

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 401

ISBN-13: 1438108532

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Offers critical entries on Hawthorne's novels, short stories, travel writing, criticism, and other works, as well as portraits of characters, including Hester Prynne and Roger Chillingworth. This reference also provides entries on Hawthorne's family, friends - ranging from Herman Melville to President Franklin Pierce - publishers, and critics.


The Cambridge Introduction to Nathaniel Hawthorne

The Cambridge Introduction to Nathaniel Hawthorne

Author: Leland S. Person

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2007-04-05

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 1139462296

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As the author of The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne has been established as a major writer of the nineteenth century and the most prominent chronicler of New England and its colonial history. This introductory book for students coming to Hawthorne for the first time outlines his life and writings in a clear and accessible style. Leland S. Person also explains some of the significant cultural and social movements that influenced Hawthorne's most important writings: Puritanism, Transcendentalism and Feminism. The major works, including The Scarlet Letter, The House of the Seven Gables and The Blithedale Romance, as well as Hawthorne's important short stories and non-fiction, are analysed in detail. The book also includes a brief history and survey of Hawthorne scholarship, with special emphasis on recent studies. Students of nineteenth-century American literature will find this a rewarding and engaging introduction to this remarkable writer.