Nathaniel Hawthorne

Klappentext Offers fresh perspectives on Hawthorne's works! and on topics including Hawthorne's relationship to history! to women! politics! and early America. Zusammenfassung This 2004 Companion provides perspectives on Hawthorne's classic works! and on topics such as Hawthorne's relationship to history! to women! politics! and early America. The book brings together a team of leading international scholars to offer a comprehensive introduction to Hawthorne's work and life. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chronology of Hawthorne's life; Introduction Richard H. Millington; 1. Hawthorne's labors in Concord Larry J. Reynolds; 2. Hawthorne as cultural theorist Joel Pfister; 3. Hawthorne and American masculinity T. Walter Herbert; 4. Hawthorne and the question of women Alison Easton; 5. Hawthorne, modernity, and the literary sketch Kristie Hamilton; 6. Hawthorne's American history Gillian Brown; 7. Hawthorne and the writing of childhood Karen Sanchez-Eppler; 8. Love and politics, sympathy and justice in The Scarlet Letter Brook Thomas; 9. The marvelous queer interiors of The House of the Seven Gables Christopher Castiglia; 10. Sympathy and reform in The Blithedale Romance Robert S. Levine; 11. Perplexity, sympathy, and the question of the human: a reading of The Marble Faun Emily Miller Budick; 12. Whose Hawthorne? Gordon Hutner.

Product details

• Authors: Richard Millington, Richard H Millington
• Assisted by: Richard Millington (Editor), Richard H. Millington (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2004
• EAN: 9780521002042
• ISBN: 978-0-521-00204-2
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 230 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Cambridge companion; Cambridge Companions to Litera; Cambridge Companions to Litera; Cambridge Companions to Literature; Cambridge companion
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000