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The portable Hawthorne

edited with an introduction by William C. Spengemann

(Penguin books, . Literature)(Penguin classics)

Penguin Books, 2005

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Note

Chronology: p. [xvii]-xix

Includes bibliographical references (p. [437]-439)

Description and Table of Contents

Description

"The Portable Hawthorne" includes writings from each major stage in the career of Nathaniel Hawthorne: a number of his most intriguing early tales, all of "The Scarlet Letter", excerpts from his three subsequently published romances - "The House of Seven Gables", "The Blithedale Romance", and "The Marble Faun" - as well as passages from his European journals and a sampling of his last, unfinished works. The editor's introduction and head notes trace the evolution of Hawthorne's writing over the course of his long career: from the tales, to their apotheosis in "The Scarlet Letter", through his popular romances, to his private journals and frustrated attempts at another romance. Readers looking for a critical vantage point from which to see Hawthorne whole - his artistic rise, triumph, and sad decline - can find it in this collection.

Table of Contents

The Portable HawthorneIntroduction Chronology I. The Tales (1830-1852) Editor's Note My Kinsman, Mayor Molineux Roger Malvin's Burial Young Goodman Brown The Minister's Black Veil The Man of Adamant The Birth-Mark Rappaccini's Daughter Prefaces from "The Old Manse" to Twice-told Tales to The Snow-Image II. The Scarlet Letter (1850) Editor's Note III. The Published Romances (1851-1860) Editor's Note from The House of the Seven Gables from The Blithedale Romance from The Marble Faun IV. The European Journals (1853-1860) Editor's Note from the English, French, and Italian Journals V. The Last Years (1861-1864) Editor's Note Passages from the letters and the Unfinished Romances Suggestions for Further Reading

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Details

  • NCID
    BA74680095
  • ISBN
    • 0143039288
  • LCCN
    2004065791
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    New York
  • Pages/Volumes
    xix, 439 p.
  • Size
    20 cm
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