Hawthorne's habitations : a literary life /

This literary/biographical study of Nathaniel Hawthorne's full career presents a self-divided man and writer strongly attracted to reality for its own sake and remarkably adept at rendering it yet fearful of the nothingness he intuited at its heart. Making use of Hawthorne's notebooks and...

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Main Author:	Milder, Robert
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	English.
Published:	Oxford : Oxford University Press, ©2013.
Subjects:	Hawthorne, Nathaniel, > 1804-1864 > Criticism and interpretation. Hawthorne, Nathaniel, > 1804-1864 > Homes and haunts. Hawthorne, Nathaniel, > 1804-1864 > Travel. Hawthorne, Nathaniel, > 1804-1864 > Themes, motives. Hawthorne, Nathaniel, > 1804-1864. Place (Philosophy) in literature. Mood (Psychology) in literature. Melancholy in literature. Lieu (Philosophie) dans la littérature. Humeur (Psychologie) dans la littérature. Mélancolie dans la littérature. Homes. Themes, motives. Travel. English. Languages & Literatures. American Literature. Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Summary:	This literary/biographical study of Nathaniel Hawthorne's full career presents a self-divided man and writer strongly attracted to reality for its own sake and remarkably adept at rendering it yet fearful of the nothingness he intuited at its heart. Making use of Hawthorne's notebooks and letters as well as nearly all of his important fiction, this biography distinguishes between 'two Hawthornes', then maps them onto the physical and cultural locales that were formative for Hawthorne's character and work: Salem, Massachusetts; Concord, Massachusetts; England; and Italy.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xiv, 295 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9780190252908 0190252901 0199311498 9780199311491