Rethinking Nathaniel Hawthornecb

Informationen zum Autor By Steven Petersheim Klappentext This book examines how Hawthorne's notebooks provide a key for understanding the environmental elements of his fiction writing. Hawthorne's four major romances are the main focus of study, but his short fiction and nonfiction also show a man convinced that human and nonhuman nature are inextricably intertwined. Zusammenfassung This book examines how Hawthorne’s notebooks provide a key for understanding the environmental elements of his fiction writing. Hawthorne’s four major romances are the main focus of study, but his short fiction and nonfiction also show a man convinced that human and nonhuman nature are inextricably intertwined. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments IntroductionThe Nature of Hawthorne's Pastoral Romances Chapter OneInvestigating Hawthorne's Nonfiction Nature Writing Chapter TwoObserving "the Laboratory of Nature" in Hawthorne's Short Fiction Chapter ThreeReading Nature and the Human Body in The Scarlet Letter Chapter FourMapping Blood and Biology in The House of the Seven Gables Chapter FiveEt in Arcadia Ego: Adaptation and Natural Limits in The Blithedale Romance Chapter SixExploring the Ruins of the Human Animal in The Marble Faun Chapter SevenPostscript: Hawthorne's Unfinished Romances Bibliography About the Author

Product details

• Authors: Steven Petersheim
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.02.2020
• EAN: 9781498581172
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-8117-2
• Series: Ecocritical Theory and Practic; Ecocritical Theory and Practice
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Die Natur: Sachbuch, LITERARY CRITICISM / Subjects & Themes / Nature, Cultural Change, Environmental literature, Human Nature, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Nature, New England landscape, Pastoral, Romance, Transcendentalism