Nathaniel Hawthorne's Distortion - of Puritan and Platonic Ideologies

This thesis deals with Nathaniel Hawthor's irony towards Puritan beliefs and the Platonic philosophy.The first chapter deals with his "Night Sketches";it is used to demonstrate his distortion of Plato's allegory of the cave.The second chapter deals with his "The Minister's Black Veil" and "Young Goodman Brown";these tales are used to reflect his sarcasm towards the Puritan attitude and way of life. According to this thesis, he criticizes Puritanism and Platonism because of his inclination towards ambiguity and the indefinite quality of everything in existence.

About the author

Armenio de nacionalidad libanesa, pasé mi infancia en Estados Unidos. Me licencié en lengua y literatura inglesas y obtuve un máster en literatura comparada en la Universidad de Balamand. Esta monografía es la tesis que presenté para obtener mi maestría. Con la escritura como pasión, escribo poesía desde los diez años.

Product details

• Authors: Sossie Kobrossy
• Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Languages: English, German
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2010
• EAN: 9783838367774
• ISBN: 978-3-8383-6777-4
• No. of pages: 84
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies