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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... Doubt ? Instituting the American Romance Tradition Throughout The Scarlet Letter one particular question generates the action . It is the question on everyone's lips , spoken and unspoken , from beginning to end . It is the question ...
... Doubt ? Instituting the American Romance Tradition Throughout The Scarlet Letter one particular question generates the action . It is the question on everyone's lips , spoken and unspoken , from beginning to end . It is the question ...
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... doubt is the condition of our lives in this world . Faith is the willingness to entertain and keep alive our skepticism alongside our commitment to thinking and acting determinately . The medium of this reconciliation between private doubt ...
... doubt is the condition of our lives in this world . Faith is the willingness to entertain and keep alive our skepticism alongside our commitment to thinking and acting determinately . The medium of this reconciliation between private doubt ...
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... doubt , whose child Pearl is . Hester might well suffer considerable doubt about the child's essential constitution.2 Theoretically , at least , she might doubt Pearl's paternity . She cannot , however , knowing that she is the ...
... doubt , whose child Pearl is . Hester might well suffer considerable doubt about the child's essential constitution.2 Theoretically , at least , she might doubt Pearl's paternity . She cannot , however , knowing that she is the ...
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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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