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Critical companion to Nathaniel Hawthorne; a literary reference to his life and work.(Brief Article)(Book Review)

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Critical companion to Nathaniel Hawthorne; a literary reference to his life and work.

Wright, Sarah Bird.

Facts On File, Inc.

2007

392 pages

$65.00

Hardcover

PS1881

Some credit Hawthorne with being the first widely-read American psychological novelist, while others accuse him of being amongst the first to take the slippery slope into sentimentalism. This covers both schools and others in between with a biography, synopses of major and minor works, criticism, and profiles of Hawthorne's family and acquaintances. Although it ...

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