Hawthorne
A brief biographical sketch and critical analysis of the works of Nathaniel Hawthorne, one of the preeminent writers of the nineteenth-century. A key figure in the so-called American Renaissance, Hawthorne is most famous for The Scarlet Letter, a classic of American literature, as well as such other novels as The House of the Seven Gables and The Blithedale Romance, all examined in this monograph. Hawthorne was also a master of the short story form, which was just beginning to recognized at that time in the American literary canon. Henry James, the author, was himself a masterful interpreter of American life as well, coming to fame in the generation after Hawthorne. - Summary by James Hutchisson
Genre(s): Biography & Autobiography
Language: English
Section | Chapter | Reader | Time |
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Play 01 | Early Years I | James Hutchisson |
00:23:49 |
Play 02 | Early Years II | James Hutchisson |
00:25:14 |
Play 03 | Early Manhood I | James Hutchisson |
00:26:01 |
Play 04 | Early Manhood II | James Hutchisson |
00:28:07 |
Play 05 | Early Writings I | James Hutchisson |
00:28:44 |
Play 06 | Early Writings II | James Hutchisson |
00:19:51 |
Play 07 | Brook Farm and Concord I | James Hutchisson |
00:25:23 |
Play 08 | Brook Farm and Concord II | James Hutchisson |
00:34:01 |
Play 09 | The Three American Novels I | James Hutchisson |
00:24:37 |
Play 10 | The Three American Novels II | James Hutchisson |
00:33:12 |
Play 11 | The Three American Novels III | James Hutchisson |
00:29:56 |
Play 12 | England and Italy I | James Hutchisson |
00:29:25 |
Play 13 | England and Italy II | James Hutchisson |
00:19:30 |
Play 14 | Last Years | James Hutchisson |
00:26:28 |