| Description |
viii, 120 pages ; 21 cm. |
| Series |
Twentieth century interpretations
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A Spectrum book, S-820
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| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 119-120. |
| Contents |
Introduction / John B. Gerber -- Part one: background -- First appearance of themes in The scarlet letter / Nathaniel Hawthorne: from The American notebooks -- First appearance of Hester in Hawthorne's works / Nathaniel Hawthorne: from "Endicott and the red cross" -- The nature of the romance / Nathaniel Hawthorne: from the preface to The house of the seven gables -- Sources for details / Charles Ryskamp: The New England sources of The scarlet letter -- Puritanism / Joseph Schwartz: Three aspects of Hawthorne's Puritanism -- Part two: form -- The four-part structure / Gordon Roper: from the Introduction to The scarlet letter and selected prose works -- The frame structure / Leland Schubertz: from Hawthorne, the artist -- Three epic quests / Hugh N. Maclean: from "Hawthorne's Scarlet letter: "'The dark problem of this life'" -- Allegory and symbolism / F. O. Matthiessen: from American renaissance -- Irony / Richard Harter Fogle: from Hawthorne's fiction: the light and the dark -- Ambiguity / Hyatt H. Waggoner: from "Art and belief" -- Dichotomy / Donald A. Ringe: from "Hawthorne's psychology of the head and the heart" -- Archetype / William Bysshe Stein: from Hawthorne's Faust -- Part four: interpretations -- The range of interpretations: The scarlet letter and its modern critics / Charles Child Walcutt -- Damnation: Dimmesdale's fall / Edward H. Davidson -- Frustration and guilt: the ruined wall / Frederick C. Crews -- Sin, isolation, and reunion: form and content in The scarlet letter / John C. Gerber -- Passion: The scarlet letter as a love story / Ernest Sandeen -- Redemption through denial: from "Achievement and frustration" / Leslie A. Fiedler. |
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Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864. Scarlet letter.
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Mothers and daughters in literature.
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Massachusetts -- In literature.
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Puritans in literature.
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Adultery in literature.
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Women in literature.
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Scarlet letter.
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