UID:
almahu_9948592060202882
Edition:
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mi: Gale. Available via World Wide Web.
ISBN:
9780787660130
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0787660132
Series Statement:
Dictionary of literary biography ; v. 269
Content:
A detailed overview of Nathaniel Hawthorne, widely recognized as a major American fiction writer. Discusses the two stages of his career, his transition from a writer of short fiction to novelist, his investigation of the psyche and concern with guilt. Contents provide an insight into the world of Nathaniel Hawthorne, the author and the man. He is one of the American authors about whom scholars write most frequently and from whom other writers continue to draw inspiration.
Note:
"A Bruccoli Clark Layman book."
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From obscurity to fame: Fanshawe, Twice-told tales, and Mosses from an old manse -- "A hell-fired story": The scarlet letter -- "Careering on the utmost verge of a precipitous absurdity": The house of the seven gables, A wonder-book for girls and boys, and The snow image -- Literature and politics: The Blithedale romance, Life of Franklin Pierce, and Tanglewood tales -- Life abroad and The marble faun -- Last years: Our old home -- Remembering and assessing Hawthorne -- Appendix: C.E. Frazer Clark Jr. and Hawthorne bibliography.
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Mode of access: Internet.
Language:
English
URL:
Available via Gale's Dictionary of Literary Biography Complete Online
