The Threads of the Scarlet Letter: A Study of Hawthorne's Transformative Art

by Richard Kopley

The Threads of The Scarlet Letter offers new discoveries regarding the origins of Hawthorne's masterpiece, as well as critical interpretations based on these discoveries. Relying on a blend of close reading, biographical analysis, and archival research, this book demonstrates anew the power of traditional scholarship. The Threads of The Scarlet Letter illuminates Hawthorne's transformation of Poe's celebrated tale The Tell-Tale Heart and Lowell's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0874137691
• ISBN13: 9780874137699
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: University of Delaware Press
• Length: 201 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.