Nathaniel Hawthorne-opracowanie

Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864)
Romances and tales
“The Scarlet Letter” (1850)
“The House of the Seven Gables” (1851)
“The Blithedale Romance” (1852) - based on his Brook Farm experience
”Twice-Told Tales” (1837)
Hawthorne's contributions to American literature:
Inspired by Puritan New England, he wrote historical romances, symbolic, with psychological depth.
Inherited the Puritan tradition of moral earnestness, and was deeply concerned with the concepts of original sin and guilt, and the claims of law and conscience.
A master of allegory and symbolism.
His symbolic romance assumes the universality of guilt and explores the complexities and ambiguities of man's choices.
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