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New Essays on 'The Scarlet Letter'
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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New Essays on 'The Scarlet Letter'
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| Authors and Contributors |
Edited by Michael J. Colacurcio
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| Series | The American Novel |
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:176 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 214,Width 139 |
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| Category/Genre | Literary studies - fiction, novelists and prose writers |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780521319980
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| Classifications | Dewey:813/.3 |
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| Audience | | Tertiary Education (US: College) | | Professional & Vocational | |
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| Illustrations |
Worked examples or Exercises
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Cambridge University Press
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| Imprint |
Cambridge University Press
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| Publication Date |
31 October 1985 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
The introduction to this volume outlines the critical history of the novel. Each of the interpretative essays that follow places The Scarlet Letter in a specific historical and cultural context. The first shows that an awareness of the convention of romance is essential to an understanding of the novel. A second investigates the tension between Hawthorne's Puritan setting and his Romantic language, suggesting a complex relationship among author, narrator, characters, and story. A third considers the novel's pervasive metaphor of sexuality. The final essay locates the work in the genre of 'the novel of adultery'.
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