Hawthorne and the Historical Romance of New England /

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Three major conventional figures dominated Hawthorne's romances: the noble Founding Father, the "narrow Puritan," and the rebellious daughter. Daniel Bell examines the ways in which Hawthorne used these and other conventional characters to formulate his own sense of New England histor...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bell, Michael Davitt
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 2015.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, > 1804-1864.
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, > 1804-1864 > Criticism and interpretation.
Romanticism.
Literature.
Historical fiction, American.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Romantisme > États-Unis.
Romanticism > United States.
Historical fiction, American > History and criticism.
United States.
New England.
Nouvelle-Angleterre > Dans la litterature.
New England > In literature.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : the Treatment of the Past ; 1 The Founding Fathers ; 2 Tyrants and Rebels: Conventional Treatments of Intolerance ; 3 A Home in the Wilderness: Hawthorne's Historical Themes; 4 Fathers and Daughters ; Epilogue : Past and Present ; Bibliography of Primary Sources ; Index.

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