Hawthorne and the Real: Bicentennial Essays

by Millicent Bell

In this edited collection commemorating the bicentennial of Hawthorne's birth in 1804, Millicent Bell gathers essays by distinguished scholars and critics that examine the ways in which Hawthorne related himself to the "real" in his own world and expressed that relation in his writing. Radically revising the older view that he was detached from conditions of actual life in 19th-century American society, the authors undertake to show how current social...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814256120
• ISBN13: 9780814256121
• Release Date: January 2021
• Publisher: Ohio State University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"