Hawthorne

Henry James (1843 - 1916)

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

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Play 01 Early Years I James Hutchisson
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Play 03 Early Manhood I James Hutchisson
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Play 05 Early Writings I James Hutchisson
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Play 07 Brook Farm and Concord I James Hutchisson
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Play 09 The Three American Novels I James Hutchisson
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Play 12 England and Italy I James Hutchisson
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Play 14 Last Years James Hutchisson
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