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The Scarlet letter and other writings : authoritative texts, contexts, criticism / Nathaniel Hawthorne ; edited by Leland S. Person, University of Cincinnati.
Van Pelt Library PS1868.A2 P47 2017
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864. Scarlet letter.
- Hawthorne, Nathaniel.
- Scarlet letter (Hawthorne, Nathaniel).
- Boston (Mass.)--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775--Fiction.
- Boston (Mass.).
- Triangles (Interpersonal relations)--Fiction.
- Triangles (Interpersonal relations).
- Illegitimate children--Fiction.
- Illegitimate children.
- Women immigrants--Fiction.
- Women immigrants.
- Puritans--Fiction.
- Puritans.
- Massachusetts--Boston.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 738 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2017]
- Summary:
- Hawthorne's novel of adultery in Puritan Boston. Five short works related to The Scarlet Letter, sharing its themes of sin, morality, guilt, and shame. Expanded explanatory annotations and a new preface by Leland S. Person. Key passages from Hawthorne's letters and notebooks. New critical essays by Brook Thomas, Michael Ryan, Thomas R. Mitchell, Jay Grossman, Jamie Barlowe, John Ronan, and John F. Birk. A Chronology and an updated Selected Bibliography. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Other Writings 157
- Mrs. Hutchinson 159
- Endicott and the Red Cross 163
- Young Goodman Brown 169
- The Minister's Black Veil 178
- The Birthmark 188
- Contexts 201
- Passages from Hawthorne's Notebooks and Letters 203
- From Life of Franklin Pierce (1852) / Nathaniel Hawthorne Hawthorne, Nathaniel 219
- Criticism 225
- Nineteenth-Century Reviews of The Sacrlet Letter 227
- The Scarlet Letter, Literary World (March 30, 1850) / Evert A. Duyckinck Duyckinck, Evert A. 227
- Review of New Books, Graham's Magazine (May 1850) / Edwin Percy Whipple Whipple, Edwin Percy 229
- The Scarlet Letter, North American Review July 1850) / Anne W. Abbott Abbott, Anne W. 231
- The Scarlet Letter, Saturday Visiter (Sept, 28, 1850) / Jane Swisshelm Swisshelm, Jane 239
- Literary Notices and Criticisms, Brownson's Quarterly (Oct. 1850) / Orestes Brownson Brownson, Orestes 242
- The Writings of Hawthorne, Church Review (Jan. 1851) / Arthur Cleveland Coxe Coxe, Arthur Cleveland 246
- The Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne, Universalist Quarterly (July 1851) / Amory Dwight Mayo Mayo, Amory Dwight 254
- Review Essay 263
- Antebellum Feminists on Hawthorne: Reconsidering the Reception of The Scarlet Letter / Robert S. Levine Levine, Robert S. 263
- Puritan Background and Sources 279
- The New England Sources of The Scarlet Letter / Charles Ryskamp Ryskamp, Charles 279
- A Red-Hot A and a Lusting Divine: Sources for The Scarlet Letter / Frederick Newberry Newberry, Frederick 290
- Hawthorne's Model of Christian Charity / Kristin Boudreau Boudreau, Kristin 296
- The Scarlet Letter of the Law: Hawthorne and Criminal Justice / Laura Hanft Korobkin Korobkin, Laura Hanft 325
- "A" for Atlantic: 'The Colonizing Force of Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter / Laura Doyle Doyle, Laura 349
- The Custom-House 371
- "The Custom-House," The Scarlet Letter, and Hawthorne's Separation from Salem / John Franzosa Franzosa, John 371
- Nathaniel Hawthorne and the Anxieties of the Archive / Eric Savoy Savoy, Eric 387
- Nineteenth-Century Backgrounds 407
- Hawthorne and the "Scribbling Women": Publishing The Scarlet Letter in the Nineteenth-Century United States / Michael Winship Winship, Michael 407
- Citizen Hester: The Scarlet Letter as Civic Myth / Brook Thomas Thomas, Brook 414
- "The Puritans of Today": The Anti-Whig Argument of The Scarlet Letter / Michael Ryan Ryan, Michael 437
- The A-Politics of Ambiguity / Sacvan Bercoviteh Bercoviteh, Sacvan 454
- The Obliquity of Signs: The Scarlet Letter / Millicent Bell Bell, Millicent 473
- The Scarlet Letter and Revolutions Abroad / Larry J. Reynolds Reynolds, Larry J. 484
- Hawthorne, Pearl, and the Primal Sin of Culture / Emily Miller Budick Budick, Emily Miller 500
- Gender and Sexuality 517
- Nathaniel Hawthorne and the Feminists: The Scarlet Letter / Louise DeSalvo DeSalvo, Louise 517
- "Speak Thou for Mel": The "Strange Earnestness" of The Scarlet Letter / Thomas R. Mitchell Mitchell, Thomas R. 528
- Revisiting Hawthorne's Feminism / Nina Baym Baym, Nina 562
- Race and Slavery 579
- The Scarlet Letter and the Antislavery Feminists / Jean Fagan Yellin Yellin, Jean Fagan 579
- "A" Is for Abolition?: Race, Authorship, The Scarlet Letter / Jay Grossman Grossman, Jay 601
- The Scarlet Letter Films 617
- Demi's Hester and Hester's Demi(se): The (New) Scarlet Letter and Its Spectators / Jamie Barlowe Barlowe, Jamie 617
- Other Writings 653
- Anne Hutchinson / Amy Schrager Lang Lang, Amy Schrager 653
- Hawthorne's Demystification of History in "Endicott and the Red Cross" / John Nickel Nickel, John 662
- "Young Goodman Brown" and the Mathers / John Ronan Ronan, John 674
- The Problem of History in "The Minister's Black Veil" / J. Hillis Miller Miller, J. Hillis 691
- Hawthorne's Mister Hooper: The Veil of Ham? / John F. Birk Birk, John F. 700
- Women Beware Science: "The Birthmark" / Judith Fetterley Fetterley, Judith 709
- The Invisible Hand Made Visible: "The Birth-mark" / Cindy Weinstein Weinstein, Cindy 716.
- ISBN:
- 9780393264890
- 0393264890
- OCLC:
- 982586378
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