"Notes and references": pages 181-184. Bibliography: pages 185-201.
Form
Also issued online.
Summary
A critical introduction to the nature and extent of Hawthorne's achievement in fiction, giving new insight into his romances and tales.
Contents
Life and career -- The neutral ground of fiction -- The tales : method and achievement -- Six tales : The minister's black veil ; The may-pole of Merry Mount ; Young Goodman Brown ; Rappaccini's daughter ; Ethan Brand ; My kinsman, Major Molineux -- The scarlet letter -- The house of the seven gables -- The Blithedale romance -- The marble faun -- A significant legacy.