The Blithedale Romance. An authoritative text, backgrounds and sources, criticism. Edited by Seymour Gross and Rosalie Murphy. A Norton Critical Edition.

Hawthorne, Nathaniel:

ISBN 10: 0393044491 / ISBN 13: 9780393044492

Published by New York: Norton, 1978

X, 418 S. Einband leicht berieben. Papierbedingt leicht gebräunt. - The text is that of the Centenary Edition of the Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne produced at the Ohio State University Center for Textual Studies-a critical unmodernized reconstruction, to which the editors of this Norton Critical Edition have added extensive annotation. The selection of background and source material for the novel focuses on Hawthorne's visit to Brook Farm in 1841, as reported in his letters and The American Notebooks, as well as on other experiences and observations which later found use in the novel. The essays in criticism include fifteen contemporary reviews which, remarkably, locate the problems of the novel which later criticism pursues in more detailed and sophisticated fashion. The modern critics include Irving Howe, Roy R. Male, A. N. Kaul, Leo B. Levy, Hans-Joachim Lang, Philip Rahv, Allan B. Lefcowitz, Barbara F. Lefcowitz, Nina Baym, Hyatt H. Waggoner, Frederick C. Crews, Kelley Griffith, Jr., Louis Auchincloss, James H. Justus, and Kent Bales. ISBN 0393044491 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 550. Seller Inventory # 1068697

Synopsis:

Renowned 19th-century author Nathaniel Hawthorne writes fully in his own time, not haunting his characters with the American past as in his more famous works THE HOUSE OF SEVEN GABLES and THE SCARLET LETTER. Published in 1852, THE BLITHEDALE ROMANCE remains a captivating work about politics, love, the supernatural, and idealism, written with Hawthorne's sharp wit and deep intelligence.

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Bibliographic Details

Title: The Blithedale Romance. An authoritative ...
Publisher: New York: Norton
Publication Date: 1978
Binding: Originalbroschur.
Condition: Gut
Edition: 1st. edition.