Historical Guide to Nathaniel Hawthorne

Name: Historical Guide to Nathaniel Hawthorne
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ISBN: 9780195124132

ISBN-10: 0195124138

ISBN-13: 9780195124132

Edition: 2001

Authors: Larry J. Reynolds

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Nathaniel Hawthorne remains one of the most widely read and taught of American authors. This Historical Guide collects a number of original essays by Hawthorne scholars that place the author in historical context. Like other volumes in the series, A Historical Guide to Nathaniel Hawthorne includes an introduction, a brief biography, a bibliographical essay, and an illustrated chronology of the author's life and times. Combining cultural criticism with historical scholarship, this volume addresses a wide range of topics relevant to Hawthorne's work, including his relationship to slavery, children, mesmerism, and the visual arts.

Book details

List price: $180.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 7/19/2001
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 232
Size: 5.31" wide x 8.11" long x 0.91" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English



Introduction



Nathaniel Hawthorne, 1804-1864: A Brief Biography



Hawthorne in His Time


Mysteries of Mesmerism: Hawthorne's Haunted House



Hawthorne and Children in the Nineteenth Century: Daughters, Flowers, Stories



Hawthorne and the Visual Arts



Hawthorne and the Slavery Question



Illustrated Chronology


Bibliographical Essay: Hawthorne and History



Contributors


Index