Salem Is My Dwelling Place: A Life of Nathaniel Hawthorne
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- Synopsis
- From the Preface: "hortly after the death of Nathaniel Hawthorne's father in 1808 the son composed tales which always concluded, "I'm never coming home again." The inevitable truth, however, was that despite Thomas Wolfe's claim that "you can't go home again" and Hawthorne's understandable ambivalence to Salem, he never left his dwelling place except physically, even though he returned there only rarely after incurring the wrath of the townspeople whom he savaged in the prologue to The Scarlet Letter." This well written, fully researched biography of a brilliant author is an excellent read. It details Hawthorne's life, (including his early years,) in a way that not only gives insight into Hawthorne's character, but into his writing as well.
- Copyright:
- 1991
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 590 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780877453321
- Publisher:
- N/A
- Date of Addition:
- 01/02/07
- Copyrighted By:
- University of Iowa
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Literature and Fiction, Language Arts
- Submitted By:
- Dr. Kenneth Cross
- Proofread By:
- Elizabeth Aldworth
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.