The Shape of Hawthorne's Career / Nina Baym.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baym, Nina, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864--Criticism and interpretation.

Hawthorne, Nathaniel.

American Studies.

U.S. History.

Local Subjects:

American Studies.

U.S. History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (288 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This gracefully written book considers all of Nathaniel Hawthorne's works, from Fanshawe through the unfinished romances of his last years, and establishes the pattern of his literary development. Ms. Baym brings the crucial facts of Hawthorne's career into clear focus, and places the individual works within the total picture. Disputing some enduring critical pieties, she finds in Hawthorne a writer who experimented with a series of literary poses through which he tried both to discover himself and to please his audience. He realized late, she says, the paradox that the more he departed from conventional modes, the more "popular" his writing became. By looking discerningly at all of Hawthorne's work as it unfolded, Ms. Baym produces compelling new insights into a major American writer and adds appreciably to our understanding of him.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

1. Beginnings, 1825-1834

2. The Twice-told Tales Period, 1834-1839

3. The Manse Decade, 1840-1849

4. The Major Phase I, 1850

5. The Major Phase II, 1851

6. The Major Phase III, 1852-1853

7. English and Italian Years, 1853-1859

8. The Last Phase, 1860-1864

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Nov 2019)

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781501735684

1501735683

OCLC:

1129194861