Nathaniel Hawthorne - Tradition and Revolution

Klappentext This is the first analysis of the fiction of Nathaniel Hawthorne and his perception of history. Zusammenfassung This is the first analysis of the fiction of Nathaniel Hawthorne and his perception of history. It examines the whole of Hawthorne's literary career and gives proper weight to the unfinished work; encouraging the reader to explore how Hawthorne presents and interprets history through his fiction. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements; Notes on the texts; 1. Tradition and revolution; 2. An experimental fiction; 3. Sketches experimental and ideal; 4. The Scarlet Letter and the language of history; 5. The House of the Seven Gables; 6. The Blithedale Romance; 7. The American Claimant Manuscripts, or, the absence of an ending; 8. The Marble Faun, or, the ambivalences and ambiguities; 9. The Elixir of Life Manuscripts; Notes; Index.

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• Authors: Swann Charles, Charles Swann, Charles (Keele University) Swann
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2009
• EAN: 9780521109932
• ISBN: 978-0-521-10993-2
• No. of pages: 296
• Series: Cambridge Studies in American
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies