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COOPERATIVE READING CLUBS.
AMERICAN LITERATURE COURSE.
LESSON VII. PART 2.
THE CONCORD wRITERs--II.
NATHANIEL. HAWTHORNE.
(1S04-1S64.)
sKETCHEs on HIs ROMANCRs.


"Fanshawe," his first work, published
in 1923 at his own expense and issued
anonymously. 1t met with little success
and copies of the first edition are rare.
"Twice Told Tales" in 1887, Is the
work Of recluse, who makes guesses at
life from knowledge Of his own heart,
acquired by a habit Of intrOspectiOn, but
but who has had little contact with men.
Burns.
Moses From an Old Manse," which
was two volumes OF charming stories,
among them being "The Birthmark," J."
with which our readers are no doubt IA
millar.
"The House Of the Seven Cables" in
1851, story Of wrong which, though
carreering through several generations,
is finally overtaken by retributlon.-
Royse.
"The Blithedale Romance" being an
account, largely romantic, Of his expert
ence as a member of Brook Farm.
"The Marble Faun," 1860, romance
with it's scenes laid in Italy. It Is a
poets essay at guessing the origin and
portraying the growth of sin In the hui
man heart.
"0ur Old Home" a tale Of England,
and "The Scarlet Letter." reviewed In
Part |.
LESSON QUESTIONS.
l. Who were the Concord Writer'S? a.
2. Why so called? b.
3. In what manner do the works OF
Hawthorne differ from those Of his as
siciates at Brook Farm? c.
4. Who were his associates?
5. What is peculiar regarding the hab-
It's Of Hawthorne? d.
g. In what manner and to what eX-
tent did his daily habits produce effect
upon his writings? e.
7. Where was his birthplace and In
which Of his books do we trace the
origin Of the romance to the stories con-
neCted with that town?
8. Which author Emerson or Haw-
thOrne, is the most popular among Amer
lean people, and which has done the
most good?
REFERENCES AND SIDE LIGHTS.
a. Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne, Full
Ter and Alcott.
We
done more for American literature than
the city of New York. Certainly there
are few places where associations, both
patriotic and poetic, cluster so thickly.
Beers, p. 156.
C. Emerson, the essayist, did not write
fiction. Thoreau lived close to nature
and related his experiences. Margaret
Fuller was distinctly literary person
age, furnishing the public with reviews
and book notices AlcOtt was an aes-
thetic dreamer. Hawthorne wrote TO-
mances pure and simple, dealing with the
imaginative faculties, showing that by
love and repentance sin Is removed.
d and e. The habit OF solitude--taklng
walks when others were asleep. With
drawing himself from the fellowship OF
his fellow men as much as possible.
He was not long contented in one place
or one house, He moved great number
of times He fought shy Of publishers,
and 1t Is related Of him that one evening
a publisher came to see him, hoping to
secure a new romance that Hawthorne
had written. The publisher tried In
vain to secure the manuscript, and In
uCopd4A WCAJ away 1A@WJuAMCB CAAA6-
ing his mind, suddenly grabbed up the
manuscript and darted down the stairs.
He pushed the manuscript into the hands
Of the publisher and vanished as quickly
as he had come.
SUMMARY.
Nathaniel Hawthorne, born at Salem,
Mass, 1904, and died while on a trip to
the White mountains, in May, 1864.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, born In Bos-
ton, 1903, and died in 1882.
Henry David Thoreau (1S17-1862).
Walden" his best work "a Week on
the Concord and Merrimac Rivers"
Margaret Fuller Ossoli. (1SlO-1S5O).
Wrote essays and literary criticisms.
Best work, Women In the Nineteenth
Century"
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