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Book lecture hones in on Hawthorne

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From: Sun-Journal Lewiston, Me.
Date: 20070529
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BRUNSWICK - The public is invited to read Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel "The Blithedale Romance," then attend a book lecture by Bowdoin College Associate Professor of English Peter Coviello at 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 6, in the Visual Arts Center, Kresge Auditorium.

"Hawthorne's novel is, in a sense, a book about freedom and terror," said Coviello. "Published in 1852, it tells the cautionary tale of several New Englanders who take part in the effort to build a Utopian agrarian community outside of Boston. More intimately, it tells the story of its narrator, Miles Coverdale, and of his ...

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