House of the Seven Gables

Informationen zum Autor Denis Donoghue has taught English, Irish, and American Literature at University College, Dublin; Cambridge University and King’s College, Cambridge; and New York University. Klappentext Following on the heels of "The Scarlet Letter," "The House of the Seven Gables" was intended to be a far sunnier book than its predecessor and one that would illustrate "the folly" of tumbling down on posterity "an avalanche of ill-gotten gold, or real estate." Many critics have faulted the novel for its explaining away of hereditary guilt or its contradictory denial of it. Denis Donoghue instructs the reader in a fresh appreciation of the novel. The John Harvard Library edition reproduces the authoritative text of "The House of the Seven Gables" in the "Centenary Edition of the Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne." Zusammenfassung This novel was intended to be far sunnier than The Scarlet Letter and to illustrate “the folly” of tumbling down on posterity “an avalanche of ill-gotten gold, or real estate.” Critics have faulted the book for explaining away hereditary guilt or for a contradictory denial of it, but Denis Donoghue offers fresh appreciation of the novel.

Product details

• Authors: Nathaniel Hawthorne
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.12.2009
• EAN: 9780674035751
• ISBN: 978-0-674-03575-1
• No. of pages: 368
• Series: John Harvard Library; John Harvard Library (Paperbac; The John Harvard Library; John Harvard Library (Paperbac
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature