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Synopsis
New Essays on Hawthorne's Major Tales examines in detail some of Hawthorne's most important and most beloved stories such as Young Goodman Brown, Roger Malvin's Burial, The Minister's Black Veil, My Kinsman, Major Molineux, Rappaccini's Daughter, and Ethan Brand. The essayists make fresh attempts to probe the complex meaning of these much-discussed works, utilising a variety of topical critical methods. Millicent Bell's introduction analyses Hawthorne's early aspirations, places his writing in the context of contemporary audience expectations, and surveys the history of critical response to the tales from the writer's own time to our own.
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New Essays on Hawthorne's Major Tales examines in detail some of Hawthorne's most important and most beloved stories. The essayists make fresh attempts to probe the complex meaning of these much-discussed works, utilising a variety of topical critical methods.
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- PublisherCambridge University Press
- Publication date1993
- ISBN 10 0521418372
- ISBN 13 9780521418379
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages165
- EditorBell Millicent, Elliott Emory
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