The Portable Hawthorne Paperback - 2005
by Nathaniel Hawthorne; Introduction by William Spengemann
The Portable Hawthorne includes writings from each major stage in the career of Nathaniel Hawthorne: a number of his most intriguing early tales, all of The Scarlet Letter, excerpts from his three subsequently published romances The House of Seven Gables, The Blithedale Romance, and The Marble Faun> as well as passages from his European journals and a sampling of his last, unfinished works. The editor's introduction and head notes trace the evolution of Hawthorne's writing over the course of his long career: from the tales, to their apotheosis in The Scarlet Letter, through his popular romances, to his private journals and frustrated attempts at another romance. Readers looking for a critical vantage point from which to see Hawthorne whole his artistic rise, triumph, and sad decline can find it in this collection.
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The Portable Hawthorne includes writings from each major stage in the career of Nathaniel Hawthorne: a number of his most intriguing early tales, all of The Scarlet Letter, excerpts from his three subsequently published romances—The House of Seven Gables, The Blithedale Romance, and The Marble Faun—as well as passages from his European journals and a sampling of his last, unfinished works. The editor’s introduction and head notes trace the evolution of Hawthorne’s writing over the course of his long career: from the tales, to their apotheosis in The Scarlet Letter, through his popular romances, to his private journals and frustrated attempts at another romance. Readers looking for a critical vantage point from which to see Hawthorne whole—his artistic rise, triumph, and sad decline—can find it in this collection.
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- Title The Portable Hawthorne
- Author Nathaniel Hawthorne; Introduction by William Spengemann
- Binding Paperback
- Pages 464
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Group, E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.
- Date 2005-11-29
- ISBN 9780143039280 / 0143039288
- Weight 0.8 lbs (0.36 kg)
- Dimensions 7.7 x 5 x 1.1 in (19.56 x 12.70 x 2.79 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2004065791
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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- Library Journal, 05/01/2006, Page 134
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