num_pages: 198
description: This volume assembles a range of criticism on The House of Seven Gables from its earliest reception to contemporary times. Bernard Rosenthal notes that from the earliest review to the present, The House of Seven Gables has consistently been compared to its predecessor, The Scarlet Letter - at first favourably, then with waning enthusiasm. With Critical Essays on Hawthorne's House of Seven Gables it is possible to trace this development, and to survey insightful critical reactions to this major work of American literature.
language: English
title: Critical Essays on Hawthorne's the House of the Seven Gables
titlecomplete: Critical Essays on Hawthorne's the House of the Seven Gables (Critical Essays on American Literature)
publisher: G K Hall