Hawthorne's shyness : ethics, politics, and the question of engagement /

Davis, Clark.

Hawthorne's shyness : ethics, politics, and the question of engagement / Clark Davis. - Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005. - x, 188 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-184) and index.

Romantic truth -- Ethics and the face : Hawthorne and Levinas -- Ethics and politics : the question of engagement -- Chiefly about Coverdale : The Blithedale romance -- Forgetting the secret -- The exile in history : The marble faun -- Epilogue : The elixir of life.

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Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864 --Ethics.
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864 --Political and social views.
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864 --Criticism and interpretation.


Politics and literature--History--United States--19th century.
Romanticism--United States.
Ethics in literature.

PS1892.E8 / D388 2005

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