Readings on The scarlet letter / Eileen Morey, book editor.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Greenhaven Press literary companion to American literaturePublication details: San Diego, CA : Greenhaven Press, Description: 159 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1565107578
  • 9781565107571
  • 156510756X
  • 9781565107564
Other title:
  • Scarlet letter
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 813/.3 21
LOC classification:
  • PS1868 .R39 1998
NLM classification:
  • 813.3 R287m
Contents:
Nathaniel Hawthorne : haunted by the guilt of his ancestors -- Structure and style in The scarlet letter. A powerful masterpiece / by Mark Van Doren -- Flaws in The scarlet letter / by Henry James -- Style in The scarlet letter / by Richard Harter Fogle -- The scarlet letter is a romance / by Roy R. Male -- A four-part structure / by Gordon Roper -- Allegory in The scarlet letter / by David Levin -- Characters in The scarlet letter. Characters in The scarlet letter / by Edward Wagenknecht -- The characters reveal the story's meaning / by Hyatt H. Waggoner -- The role of Pearl / by Anne Marie McNamara -- Hester's defiance / by Nina Baym -- Major themes. Hawthorne examines English traditions / by Frederick Newberry -- A critique of Puritan society / by Alison Easton -- The meaning of the scarlet A / by Claudia Durst Johnson -- The relevance of "The custom house" / by John E. Becker.
Summary: Provides biographical information about nineteenth-century American author Nathaniel Hawthorne, and features a series of essays that discuss the structure and style, characters, and major themes of his novel, "The Scarlet Letter."
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-153) and index.

"Works by Nathaniel Hawthorne": page 154.

Nathaniel Hawthorne : haunted by the guilt of his ancestors -- Structure and style in The scarlet letter. A powerful masterpiece / by Mark Van Doren -- Flaws in The scarlet letter / by Henry James -- Style in The scarlet letter / by Richard Harter Fogle -- The scarlet letter is a romance / by Roy R. Male -- A four-part structure / by Gordon Roper -- Allegory in The scarlet letter / by David Levin -- Characters in The scarlet letter. Characters in The scarlet letter / by Edward Wagenknecht -- The characters reveal the story's meaning / by Hyatt H. Waggoner -- The role of Pearl / by Anne Marie McNamara -- Hester's defiance / by Nina Baym -- Major themes. Hawthorne examines English traditions / by Frederick Newberry -- A critique of Puritan society / by Alison Easton -- The meaning of the scarlet A / by Claudia Durst Johnson -- The relevance of "The custom house" / by John E. Becker.

Provides biographical information about nineteenth-century American author Nathaniel Hawthorne, and features a series of essays that discuss the structure and style, characters, and major themes of his novel, "The Scarlet Letter."

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