Waubonsee Community College

Hawthorne's early tales; a critical study

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Includes bibliographical references

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Hawthorne's early tales; a critical study

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1. Beginning Writer -- -- 2. American Materials -- The Waverley Novels and Literary Theory -- Literary Theory and Hawthorne's Practice -- Literary Theory and Hawthorne's Purposes -- -- 3. The Development of Hawthorne's Literary Habit -- "All sorts of good and good-for-nothing books" -- The Hawthornesque before Hawthorne: Scott and William Austin -- "That tinge of the marvellous": Hawthorne's Gothic Habit -- Moral Purpose and Allegorical Method -- -- 4. The Selection for "Twice-Told Tales" -- -- 5. Literary Theory in Practice -- "The Gray Champion" -- "The Maypole of Merry Mount" -- "Endicott and the Red Cross" -- -- 6. The Gothic Naturalized: "The Prophetic Pictures" -- -- 7. The Air of Antiquity: "Legends of the Province House" -- "Howe's Masquerade" -- "Edward Randolph's Portrait" -- "Lady Eleanore's Mantle" -- "Old Esther Dudley" -- -- 8. Tales of a New England Traveller -- "The Shaker Bridal" -- "The Ambition Guest" -- "The Great Carbuncle" -- -- 9. Two Speculative Tales -- "Wakefield" -- "Fancy's Show Box" -- -- 10. The Masterpieces in "Twice-Told Tales" -- "The Gentle Boy" -- "The Minister's Black Veil" -- "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment" -- -- 11. Early Tales in "Mosses from an Old Manse" -- "Drowne's Wooden Image" -- "Roger Malvin's Burial" -- "Young Goodman Brown" -- -- 12. Early Tales in "The Snow-Image" -- "The Wives of the Dead" -- "The Man of Adamant" -- "The Canterbury Pilgrims" -- "My Kinsman, Major Molineux" -- -- 13. Sympathy and Craftsmanship -- -- Bibliographical Note -- Index