Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet LetterHarold Bloom Bloom's Literary Criticism, 2007 - 209 páginas An allegorical tale of passion, adultery, guilt, and social repression, Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter introduces readers to Hester Prynne, America's first fictional heroine. Hawthorne's story is a masterpiece of American fiction, and this updated volume from the Bloom's Modern Critical Interpretations series explores how the author powerfully conveys its theme of the puritanical influence on societal attitudes. |
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... Dimmesdale delivers his election sermon . The now fully modern heroine , clinging to the margins of the marketplace , feels overwhelmed by a sense of her lover's remoteness " from her own sphere . " Despite their private interview in ...
... Dimmesdale delivers his election sermon . The now fully modern heroine , clinging to the margins of the marketplace , feels overwhelmed by a sense of her lover's remoteness " from her own sphere . " Despite their private interview in ...
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... Dimmesdale's accomplishments are well suited to the " shelter and concealment " ( 214 ) of England and its universities , perhaps , but ineffectual for pioneer life in the wilds of New England " ( 214 ) : Notwithstanding his high native ...
... Dimmesdale's accomplishments are well suited to the " shelter and concealment " ( 214 ) of England and its universities , perhaps , but ineffectual for pioneer life in the wilds of New England " ( 214 ) : Notwithstanding his high native ...
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... Dimmesdale is impatient . Frustrated by years of repressing his story , he leaps beyond what might eventually be the ... Dimmesdale's story has a far less profound effect on his world . Some in his audience believe him and some do not ...
... Dimmesdale is impatient . Frustrated by years of repressing his story , he leaps beyond what might eventually be the ... Dimmesdale's story has a far less profound effect on his world . Some in his audience believe him and some do not ...
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The APolitics of Ambiguity | 35 |
Hesters Skepticism Hawthornes Faith | 83 |
Hawthorne and the Making of the Middle Class | 109 |
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