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The Symbolism of Nathaniel Hawthorne
It is the aim of this prefatory chapter to define symbolism in some manner, to give the reader some notion of the different stages in meaning through which the word has passed and to show the different attitudes toward the word disclosed by the various epochs of civilization. Reference has been …
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Folklore in the Tales of Nathaniel Hawthorne
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Transatlantic ruin in the writing of Nathaniel Hawthorne
… and ideas of decay and ruin in the writing of Nathaniel Hawthorne within a transatlantic context. In doing so, it will address the ways in which the time Hawthorne spent in Europe in the 1850s altered how decay and ruin figure within his writing. In nineteenth century American culture and …
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Nathaniel Hawthorne's attitudes toward organized Christianity.
In much of his writing Hawthorne discloses specific attitudes toward the forms of organized Christianity by which he was confronted during his lifetime. The purpose of this thesis has been to reveal his attitudes and his personal beliefs which are either quite similar to or are definitely contrary …
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Emerson's influence on women in works of Nathaniel Hawthorne
… feminismus. Ve svých čtyřech románech vytvořil Nathaniel Hawthorne protagonistky, které obhajují právo žen na sebedůvěru či spoléhání na sebe samou ("self-reliance"), tak jak jej definuje Emerson. Hawthornovy hrdinky mohou být chápány a interpretovány jako hrdinky zvažující Emersonovské …
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The Regenerative Descent in The Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne
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Nathaniel Hawthorne: The Artist of the True and the Beautiful
The star of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s literary fame has risen steadily through the years. During the century following the publication of The Scarlet Letter there was no temporary eclipse, no recession in the popularity of this New England prose writer, nor has critical opinion been wanting during this …
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Nathaniel Hawthorne as Revealed Through His French and Italian Notebooks
The French and Italian Notebooks of Nathaniel Hawthorne are an exception to his other works, in that they reveal not only his peculiar idiosyncrasies, but also characteristics which tend to humanize the man. For over one hundred years Hawthorne has seemed more or less to the vast majority of his …
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Parasitic and symbiotic character relationships in the novels of Nathaniel Hawthorne
Throughout his completed novels, Nathaniel Hawthorne employs a unique set of character relationships which fall into two divisions: either parasitic or symbiotic in nature. The parasitic relationship occurs between two characters, each having a clearly defined role of host or parasite. This …
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"Measured Feet and Jingling Lines" : The Poetry and Poetic Attitudes of Nathaniel Hawthorne
<p>A study of Hawthorne's poetry and poetic attitudes encompasses three separate but integrally related areas. First, few people realize that Hawthorne wrote verse, and no other investigation of the nature and significance of the meager surviving body of this poetry has yet been undertaken. But …
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The secret smile: Mirth and humor in the tales and sketches of Nathaniel Hawthorne
To declare that Nathaniel Hawthorne is not known for humor would be a conspicuous understatement, for literary criticism has assigned to him the role of a melancholy, reclusive descendant of Puritans who explores and expounds the evil that lurks in the heart of man. In spite of this grave …
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The Problem of Evil: A Correlative Study in the Novels of Nathaniel Hawthorne and George Eliot
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AMERICAN MADNESS: THE FRONTIER IN THE WORKS OF NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE, HERMAN MELVILLE, JAMES FENIMORE COOPER, WILLA CATHER, AND O.E. RØLVAAG
… and early twentieth centuries. The works of Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, James Fenimore Cooper, Willa Cather, and O.E. Rølvaag rely on the frontier and the theme of madness to depict characters’ aberrant behaviors. Using these depictions of madness, I explore questions of religion, …
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From Fear to Reverie: Incidents in Isolation in the American Wilderness
… Edgar Alan Poe, Harriet Spofford,<em> </em>Nathaniel Hawthorne, and<em> </em>Herman Melville root America’s identity in the wilderness. They emphasize its power on the human psyche as positive, restorative, inward-looking, and divine. This thesis argues that these authors portray the …
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Completing the Circle: A Study of the Archetypal Male and Female in Nathaniel Hawthorne's <em>The Scarlet Letter</em>.
<p>This thesis examines the works of Nathaniel Hawthorne and the archetypal images therein. The Scarlet Letter is discussed extensively with references made to The Blithedale Romance. Characters in the following short stories are referred to: “Rappaccini’s Daughter,” “Young Goodman Brown” and “The …
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From typology to aesthetics in American literature
… Winthrop, Mary Rowlandson, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Herman Melville in order to investigate how typology was employed by each of them and develops into modern symbolism. This thesis documents some stages in the origins of symbolism and its usage in American literature as the …
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Nathaniel Hawthorne's use of mesmerism in four major works
The major works of Nathaniel Hawthorne include a number of recurring references which appear to be linked with one another. There is mention of electric rings, glavanism, sympathies between people, somnambulism, gold chains and amulets, mesmerism, and much more. Some of the characters Hawthorne …
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