Description |
viii, 120 pages ; 21 cm |
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Spectrum book ; S-820 |
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Twentieth century interpretations |
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Spectrum book ; S-820
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Twentieth century interpretations.
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Contents |
Introduction / John B. Gerber -- Part One. Background -- First appearance of themes in The scarlet letter / Nathaniel Hawthorne : from The American notebooks -- First appearance of Hester in Hawthorne's works / Nathaniel Hawthorne : from "Endicott and the red cross" -- Nature of the romance / Nathaniel Hawthorne : from the preface to The house of the seven gables -- Sources for details / Charles Ryskamp -- New England sources of The scarlet letter -- Puritanism / Joseph Schwartz -- Three aspects of Hawthorne's Puritanism -- Part Two. Form -- Four-part structure / Gordon Roper : from the Introduction to The scarlet letter and selected prose works -- Frame structure / Leland Schubertz : from Hawthorne, the artist -- Three epic quests / Hugh N. Maclean : from "Hawthorne's Scarlet letter : 'The dark problem of this life'" -- Part Three. Techniques -- Allegory and symbolism / F. O. Matthiessen : from American renaissance -- Irony / Richard Harter Fogle : from Hawthorne's fiction : the light and the dark -- Ambiguity / Hyatt H. Waggoner : from "Art and belief" -- Dichotomy / Donald A. Ringe : from "Hawthorne's psychology of the head and the heart" -- Archetype / William Bysshe Stein : from Hawthorne's Faust -- Part Four. Interpretations -- Range of interpretations : The scarlet letter and its modern critics / Charles Child Walcutt -- Damnation : Dimmesdale's fall / Edward H. Davidson -- Frustration and guilt : the ruined wall / Frederick C. Crews -- Sin, isolation, and reunion : form and content in The scarlet letter / John C. Gerber -- Passion : The scarlet letter as a love story / Ernest Sandeen -- Redemption through denial : from "Achievement and frustration" / Leslie A. Fiedler |
Summary |
A collection of critical and expository essays on The scarlet letter |
Notes |
With bibl |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 119-120) |
Subject |
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864. Scarlet letter.
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Hawthorne, Nathaniel. Scarlet letter
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Adultery in literature.
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Historical fiction, American -- History and criticism.
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Mothers and daughters in literature.
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Puritans in literature.
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Women in literature.
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SUBJECT |
Massachusetts http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79007084 -- In literature.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002011414
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Author |
Gerber, John C.
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LC no. |
68023438 |
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