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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... meanings , but between meaning or meaninglessness , and it is meaning in that processual , pluralistic , and therefore ( we are asked to believe ) progressivist sense that Hester opts for when she returns to New England . In that option ...
... meanings , but between meaning or meaninglessness , and it is meaning in that processual , pluralistic , and therefore ( we are asked to believe ) progressivist sense that Hester opts for when she returns to New England . In that option ...
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... Meaning fragmented by plural points of view , for , although the fragmentation is a source of many a " tale of frailty and sorrow , " such as The Scarlet Letter , it is also , as The Scarlet Letter demonstrates , the source of an ...
... Meaning fragmented by plural points of view , for , although the fragmentation is a source of many a " tale of frailty and sorrow , " such as The Scarlet Letter , it is also , as The Scarlet Letter demonstrates , the source of an ...
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... meaning because it reduces human issues to literary ones.4 We need only recall the example of Chillingworth and other Hawthornean characters to realize how demonic the desire for knowledge of other human beings can be . Nonetheless ...
... meaning because it reduces human issues to literary ones.4 We need only recall the example of Chillingworth and other Hawthornean characters to realize how demonic the desire for knowledge of other human beings can be . Nonetheless ...
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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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