Nathaniel Hawthorne's The scarlet letter
By: edited & with an introduction by Harold Bloom
Edition: New ed.
Series: Bloom's guides
Publisher: Bloom's Literary Criticism
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 103
ISBN-13: 9781438135717; 9781604138740
Subjects: Scarlet letter; Literature; Mothers and daughters in literature; Puritans in literature; General; 1804-1864; American; LITERARY CRITICISM; Adultery in literature; Nathaniel Hawthorne
Other titles: Scarlet letter
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Biographical sketch; title: The story behind the story; title: List of characters; title: Summary and analysis; title: Critical views; title: Jamie Barlowe on "Hester-Prynne-ism"; title: Patricia Crain discusses allegory, adultery, and alphabetization; title: David S. Reynolds on Hawthorne's revision of history; title: Hal Blythe and Charlie Sweet examine Hawthorne's dating errors; title: Monika E. Elbert considers Hester's A; title: Shari Benstock on the mother-child relationship in the novel; title: Brook Thomas on Mr. Prynne; title: Laura Doyle explores Hawthorne's two histories; title: Jane F. Thrailkill on the doctor and the minister; title: Gale Temple evaluates masculine ambivalence in The scarlet letter.