TY - BOOK ID - 80826342 TI - Nathaniel Hawthorne in context PY - 2018 SN - 9781316271537 9781107109339 9781107521490 1108650538 1108667880 1316271536 1107109337 9781108650533 9781108667883 PB - Cambridge Cambridge University Press DB - UniCat KW - Hawthorne, Nathaniel, KW - Hawthorne, Nathaniel KW - Gotorn, Nataniėlʹ KW - Hotorn, Natanijel KW - Huo-sang KW - Huo-sang, Na-sa-ni-erh KW - Hothorna, Netheniyala KW - Готорн, Натаниэль KW - האטארן, נאטאניעל, KW - Huosang KW - Huosang, Nasa'nier KW - Nasa'nier Huosang KW - 霍桑, KW - 霍桑, 纳撒尼尔, KW - 纳撒尼尔 霍桑, KW - Hās̲ūran, Nātānīl KW - Hās̲ūrn, Nātānīl KW - هاثورن، ناتانيل KW - Criticism and interpretation. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:80826342 AB - This volume provides a comprehensive overview of Nathaniel Hawthorne and demonstrates why he continues to be a critically significant figure in American literature. The first section focuses on Hawthorne's interest in and knowledge of past (Puritan and colonial) and contemporary nineteenth-century history (women's, African American, Native American) as the inspiration for his writings and the source of his literary success. The second section explores his fascination with social history and popular culture by examining topics as mesmerism, utopian life styles, theatrical performances, and artistic innovations. The third section looks at how Hawthorne succeeded and excelled in the literary marketplace, as an author of children's literature, literary sketches, and historical romances. In the fourth section, Hawthorne's literary precursors, peers, colleagues, and successors are analyzed. In the final section, Hawthorne's attachment to family, nature, and home is examined as the source of creative inspiration and philosophical questing. ER -