Title: Hawthorne, Gender, and Death
Description: "The strategies that people use to come to terms with death mirror cultural beliefs about such crucial concerns as life's purpose, the idea of happiness, and the nature of ethical relationships. This book considers Nathaniel Hawthorne's representations of strategies of death denial and their compensatory consolations - emphasizing their effects on the relationship between men and women. Drawing upon a range of critical approaches, including cultural anthropology, psychoanalytic theory, political justice theory, feminist theory, and formal analysis, Weldon's thought-provoking study offers fresh insights into the ethical, gender, and religious questions raised by Hawthorne's novels."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: Death, religious aspects, Sex role, religious aspects, Literature, modern, history and criticism, Criticism and interpretation, Death in literature, Mourning customs in literature, Death, History, Christianity and literature, Sex role in literature, Ethics in literature, Social aspects, Mort dans la littérature, Deuil, Coutumes, dans la littérature, Mort, Aspect social, Histoire, Christianisme et littérature, Rôle selon le sexe dans la littérature, Morale dans la littérature, LITERARY CRITICISM, American, General, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literature