Description |
xviii, 285 p. ; 24 cm. |
Series |
Cambridge companions to literature |
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Cambridge companions to literature.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 266-280) and index. |
Contents |
Hawthorne's labors in Concord / Larry J. Reynolds -- Hawthorne as cultural theorist / Joel Pfister -- Hawthorne and American masculinity / T. Walter Herbert -- Hawthorne and the question of women / Alison Easton -- Hawthorne, modernity, and the literary sketch / Kristie Hamilton -- Hawthorne's American history / Gillian Brown -- Hawthorne and the writing of childhood / Karen Sanchez-Eppler -- Love and politics, sympathy and justice in The scarlet letter / Brook Thomas -- The marvelous queer interiors of The house of the seven gables / Christopher Castiglia -- Sympathy and reform in The Blithedale romance / Robert S. Levine -- Perplexity, sympathy, and the question of the human : a reading of The marble faun / Emily Miller Budick -- Whose Hawthorne? / Gordon Hutner. |
Summary |
Offers fresh perspectives on Hawthorne's works, and on topics including Hawthorne's relationship to history, to women, politics, and early America. |
Subject |
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864 -- Criticism and interpretation -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Added Author |
Millington, Richard H., 1953-
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Added Title |
Companion to Nathaniel Hawthorne |
ISBN |
052180745X |
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9780521807456 |
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0521002044 (pbk.) |
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9780521002042 (pbk.) |
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