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1 online resource (312 pages) |
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Anthem Nineteenth-Century Series |
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Anthem nineteenth century studies.
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Introduction: Here and Elsewhere -- Summons of the Past: Hawthorne and the Theme(s) of Puritanism -- Cosmopolitan and Provincial: Hawthorne and the Reference of American Studies -- Moments' Monuments: Hawthorne's Scenic History -- "Certain Circumstances": Hawthorne and the Interest of History -- The Teller and the Tale: A Note on Hawthorne's Narrators -- "Life within the Life" -- Sin and Self in Hawthorne's New England -- A Better Mode of Evidence: The Transcendental Problem of Faith and Spirit -- "Artificial Fire": Reading Melville (Re-)reading Hawthorne -- "Red Man's Grave": Art and Destiny in Hawthorne's "Main-street" -- "Such Ancestors": The Spirit of History in The Scarlet Letter -- Inheritance, Repetition, Complicity, Redemption: Theo-politics in The House of Seven Gables -- "Inextricable Knot of Polygamy": Transcendental Husbandry in Hawthorne's Blithedale -- Innocence Abroad: Here and There in Hawthorne's "Last Phase." |
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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Introduction: Here and Elsewher -- Chapter One SUMMONS OF THE PAST: HAWTHORNE AND THE THEME(S) OF PURITANISM -- 2 -- 3 -- 4 -- Works Cited -- Chapter Two COSMOPOLITAN AND PROVINCIAL: HAWTHORNE AND THE REFERENCE OF AMERICAN STUDIES -- 1 -- 2 -- 3 -- 4 -- Chapter Three MOMENTS' MONUMENTS: HAWTHORNE AND THE SCENE OF HISTORY -- 2 -- 3 -- 4 -- 5 -- 6 -- Chapter Four "CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES": HAWTHORNE AND THE INTEREST OF HISTORY -- 2 -- 3 -- Chapter Five "LIFE WITHIN THE LIFE": SIN AND SELF IN HAWTHORNE'S NEW ENGLAND -- 2 -- 3 -- 4 |
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Chapter Six THE TELLER AND THE TALE: A NOTE ON HAWTHORNE'S NARRATORS -- 2 -- 3 -- 4 -- Chapter Seven A BETTER MODE OF EVIDENCE: THE TRANSCENDENTAL PROBLEM OF FAITH AND SPIRIT -- 2 -- 3 -- 4 -- 5 -- Chapter Eight "ARTIFICIAL FIRE": READING MELVILLE (RE- )READING HAWTHORNE -- 2 -- 3 -- 4 -- Chapter Nine "RED MAN'S GRAVE": ART AND DESTINY IN HAWTHORNE'S "MAIN-STREET" -- 2 -- 3 -- Chapter Ten "SUCH ANCESTORS": THE SPIRIT OF HISTORY IN THE SCARLET LETTER -- 2 -- 3 -- 4 -- 5 -- Chapter Eleven INHERITANCE, REPETITION, COMPLICITY, REDEMPTION: SIN AND SALVATION IN THE HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES -- 2 -- 3 |
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5 -- Chapter Twelve "INEXTRICABLE KNOT OF POLYGAMY": TRANSCENDENTAL HUSBANDRY IN HAWTHORNE'S BLITHEDALE -- 2 -- 3 -- 4 -- Chapter Thirteen INNOCENCE ABROAD: HERE AND THERE IN HAWTHORNE'S "LAST PHASE" -- II. CIVIL WAR AND THE PURSUITS OF PEACE -- III. ROMAN HOLIDAY -- 5 -- Index |
| Summary |
Hawthorne's Literary History collects together the essays Professor Colacurcio has written on Hawthorne since the publication of his ground-breaking Province of Piety, elaborating and refining his analyses of how Hawthorne's most memorable early tales "do history," but proceeding then to explore the later productions of that author's distinguished career |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864 -- Homes and haunts -- Massachusetts -- Salem
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Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864 -- Homes and haunts.
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Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864 -- Knowledge and learning
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| SUBJECT |
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864 fast |
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Historical fiction, American -- History and criticism
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Puritan movements in literature.
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Historical fiction, American
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Homes
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Learning and scholarship
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Puritan movements in literature
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Massachusetts -- Salem
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1839983248 |
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9781839983238 |
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183998323X |
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9781839983245 |
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