The Portable Hawthorne
By: edited with an introduction by William C. Spengemann.
Contributors: Spengemann, William C.
Edition: 2005 Penguin Books edition (2)
Series: Penguin Classics
Publisher: Penguin Books; Penguin Classics
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 464
ISBN-13: 9780143039280
Copyright date: 2005
Description: 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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Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.   ).
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Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Chronology; title: 1. THE TALES (1830-1852); title: Editor's Note; title: My Kinsman, Major Molineux; title: Roger Malvin's Burial; title: Young Goodman Brown; title: The Minister's Black Veil; title: The Man of Adamant; title: The Birth-Mark; title: Rappaccini's Daughter; title: Prefaces; title: from "The Old Manse"; title: to Twice-told Tales; title: to The Snow-Image; title: 11. THE SCARLET LETTER (1850); title: Editor's Note; title: 111. THE PUBLISHED ROMANCES (1851-1860); title: Editor's Note; title: from The House of the Seven Gables; title: from The Blithedale Romance; title: from The Marble Faun; title: lv. THE EUROPEAN JOURNALS (1853-1860); title: Editor's Note; title: from the English, French, and Italian Journals; title: V. THE LAST YEARS (1861-1864); title: Editor's Note; title: Passages from the letters and the Unfinished; title: Romances; title: Suggestions for Further Reading