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Nathaniel Hawthorne
life
Hawthorne studied at Bowdoin college in Maine(1821~1825)
Pot Longfellow and Franklin pierce
Literary Career
Fanshawe failure
The Token 1830
Seven tales of my native land burnt
twice-told tales(first collection of short stories) little money
Hawthorne did three thing:
first, as a surveyor
second, Grandfather's Chair ; Famous Old People; the Liberty Tree
third, he invested his savings at Brook Farm
Mosses form an old manse(second collection of short stories)
The scarlet letter(most famous novel)
First American romancer
Significance
Hawthorne was imbued with an inquiring imagination, an intensely meditative, and an unceasing interest in the ambiguity of man’s being.
At his best, Hawthorne was a master of psychological insight.
Hawthorne’s novels were perhaps the deepest and most psychological in the 19 century.
Three aspects
Showed great concern about the American past
His themes:
Brief introduction of The Scarlet Letter
a love tragedy taking place in North American
colonial period.
H---- Hester Prynne 海斯特白兰
C---- Roger Chillingworth罗杰奇林渥斯
D----Dimmesdale 代尔
Heroine H married to C, who was old and ugly and devoted his whole
life to studying. There was no love between the couple. But H and
minister D loved each other. And H gave birth to a daughter
called Pearl. According to Puritanism, mitted adult