Name: A Historical Guide to Nathaniel Hawthorne By Larry J. Reynolds (Professor of English, and Thomas Franklin Mayon Professor of Liberal Arts, Professor of English, and Thomas Franklin Mayon Professor of Liberal Arts, Texas A & M University)
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A Historical Guide to Nathaniel Hawthorne by Larry J. Reynolds (Professor of English, and Thomas Franklin Mayon Professor of Liberal Arts, Professor of English, and Thomas Franklin Mayon Professor of Liberal Arts, Texas A & M University)

Nathaniel Hawthorne remains one of the most widely read and taught of American authors. This Historical Guide collects a number of original essays by Hawthorne scholars that place the author in historical context. Like other volumes in the series, A Historical Guide to Nathaniel Hawthorne includes an introduction, a brief biography, a bibliographical essay, and an illustrated chronology of the author's life and times. Combining cultural criticism with historical scholarship, this volume addresses a wide range of topics relevant to Hawthorne's work, including his relationship to slavery, children, mesmerism, and the visual arts.

About Larry J. Reynolds (Professor of English, and Thomas Franklin Mayon Professor of Liberal Arts, Professor of English, and Thomas Franklin Mayon Professor of Liberal Arts, Texas A & M University)

Larry J. Reynolds is Professor of English and Thomas Franklin Mayon Professor of Liberal Arts at Texas A&M University. He is a former President of the Nathaniel Hawthorne Society and is currently the Executive Secretary of the Margaret Fuller Society.

Larry J. Reynolds: Introduction 1: Brenda Wineapple: Marble and Mud: A Biographical Sketch 2: Samuel Coale: Mysteries of Mesmerism: Hawthorne's Haunted House 3: Gillian Brown: Hawthorne and Children in the Nineteenth Century: Daughters, Flowers, Stories 4: Rita K. Gollin: Hawthorne and the Visual Arts 5: Jean Fagan Yellin: Nathaniel Hawthorne and the Slavery Question 6: Illustrated Chronology 7: Leland S. Person: Hawthorne and History: A Bibliographical Essay Contributors Index

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9780195124149

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0195124146

Title

A Historical Guide to Nathaniel Hawthorne by Larry J. Reynolds (Professor of English, and Thomas Franklin Mayon Professor of Liberal Arts, Professor of English, and Thomas Franklin Mayon Professor of Liberal Arts, Texas A & M University)

Author

Larry J. Reynolds (Professor of English, and Thomas Franklin Mayon Professor of Liberal Arts, Professor of English, and Thomas Franklin Mayon Professor of Liberal Arts, Texas A & M University)

Series

Historical Guides to American Authors

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Paperback

Publisher

Oxford University Press Inc

Year published

2001-08-09

Number of pages

232

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A Historical Guide to Nathaniel Hawthorne Larry J. Reynolds (Professor of English, and Thomas Franklin Mayon Professor of Liberal Arts, Professor of English, and Thomas Franklin Mayon Professor of Liberal Arts, Texas A & M University)

A Historical Guide to Nathaniel Hawthorne by Larry J. Reynolds (Professor of English, and Thomas Franklin Mayon Professor of Liberal Arts, Professor of English, and Thomas Franklin Mayon Professor of Liberal Arts, Texas A & M University)

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A Historical Guide to Nathaniel Hawthorne Summary

A Historical Guide to Nathaniel Hawthorne by Larry J. Reynolds (Professor of English, and Thomas Franklin Mayon Professor of Liberal Arts, Professor of English, and Thomas Franklin Mayon Professor of Liberal Arts, Texas A & M University)

About Larry J. Reynolds (Professor of English, and Thomas Franklin Mayon Professor of Liberal Arts, Professor of English, and Thomas Franklin Mayon Professor of Liberal Arts, Texas A & M University)

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