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Nathaniel Hawthorne / edited and with an introduction by Harold Bloom.

Contributor(s): Series: Bloom's major novelistsPublication details: Broomall, PA : Chelsea House Publishers, ©2000.Description: 95 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0791052532
  • 9780791052532
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 813/.3 21
LOC classification:
  • PS1888 .N295 2000
Contents:
Biography of Nathaniel Hawthorne -- [pt. 1]. Plot summary of The scarlet letter -- List of characters in The scarlet letter -- Critical views of The scarlet letter: -- Anthony Trollope on satire and sympathy -- Henry James on an American literary event -- Mark Van Doren on the conflict in Hawthorne -- William Bysshe Stein on Chillingworth and Faust -- Charles Child Walcutt on the symbols of nature -- Roy R. Male on Pearl and Chillingworth as symbols -- Richard Harter Fogle on the four states of being -- Frederick C. Crews on Dimmersdale's libido -- Michael Colacurcio on Hester Prynne and Anne Hutchinson -- Sheridan Baker on Dimmesdale's scarlet a -- [pt. 2]. Plot summary of The House of the Seven Gables -- List of characters in The House of the Seven Gables -- Critical views of The House of the Seven Gables: -- Lawrence Sargent Hall on inherited sin -- Clark Griffith on Hawthorne's traditional character types -- Maurice Beebe on symbolism of the House and its occupants -- Richard C. Carpenter on the ending of the novel -- Michael Davitt Bell on exhibiting the character of hope -- Michael T. Gilmore on Hepzibah's discomfort -- Bruce Michelson on Hawthorne's ghosts -- Peter Buitenhuis on the character of Phoebe -- William J. Scheick on Hawthorne's ironic use of Gothic convention -- Susan S. Williams on pictures and portraits -- [pt. 3]. Plot summary of The marble faun -- List of characters in The marble faun -- Critical views of The marble faun: -- R.W.B. Lewis on Donatello as hero of the hopeful -- Peter G. Beidler on the change in Donatello -- Sacvan Bercovitch on Hilda's denial -- Joel Porte on the relationship between individual experience and its reflection in art -- Nina Baym on Kenyon's story -- James G. Janssen on the transformation of Donatello -- Darrell Abel on the contrasts between the Spectre with the faun -- Evan Carton on Catholicism and the white light.
Summary: Summarizes the plots of Hawthorne's most influential novels and includes critical essays on aspects of each novel.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 91-94) and index.

Biography of Nathaniel Hawthorne -- [pt. 1]. Plot summary of The scarlet letter -- List of characters in The scarlet letter -- Critical views of The scarlet letter: -- Anthony Trollope on satire and sympathy -- Henry James on an American literary event -- Mark Van Doren on the conflict in Hawthorne -- William Bysshe Stein on Chillingworth and Faust -- Charles Child Walcutt on the symbols of nature -- Roy R. Male on Pearl and Chillingworth as symbols -- Richard Harter Fogle on the four states of being -- Frederick C. Crews on Dimmersdale's libido -- Michael Colacurcio on Hester Prynne and Anne Hutchinson -- Sheridan Baker on Dimmesdale's scarlet a -- [pt. 2]. Plot summary of The House of the Seven Gables -- List of characters in The House of the Seven Gables -- Critical views of The House of the Seven Gables: -- Lawrence Sargent Hall on inherited sin -- Clark Griffith on Hawthorne's traditional character types -- Maurice Beebe on symbolism of the House and its occupants -- Richard C. Carpenter on the ending of the novel -- Michael Davitt Bell on exhibiting the character of hope -- Michael T. Gilmore on Hepzibah's discomfort -- Bruce Michelson on Hawthorne's ghosts -- Peter Buitenhuis on the character of Phoebe -- William J. Scheick on Hawthorne's ironic use of Gothic convention -- Susan S. Williams on pictures and portraits -- [pt. 3]. Plot summary of The marble faun -- List of characters in The marble faun -- Critical views of The marble faun: -- R.W.B. Lewis on Donatello as hero of the hopeful -- Peter G. Beidler on the change in Donatello -- Sacvan Bercovitch on Hilda's denial -- Joel Porte on the relationship between individual experience and its reflection in art -- Nina Baym on Kenyon's story -- James G. Janssen on the transformation of Donatello -- Darrell Abel on the contrasts between the Spectre with the faun -- Evan Carton on Catholicism and the white light.

Summarizes the plots of Hawthorne's most influential novels and includes critical essays on aspects of each novel.

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