| The Scarlet Letter Contributor(s): Hawthorne, Nathaniel (Author), Colacurcio, Michael J. (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0674035747 ISBN-13: 9780674035744 Publisher: Belknap Press OUR PRICE: $30.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2009 Annotation: Hawthorne's greatest romance, "The Scarlet Letter," is often simplistically seen as a timeless tale of desire, sin, and redemption. In his introduction, Michael J. Colacurcio argues that "The Scarlet Letter" is a serious historical novel. If Hawthorne's fiction rigorously and faithfully subjects Hester and Dimmesdale to the limits of seventeenth-century possibility, it nonetheless looks forward to the better, brighter world of Margaret Fuller and Fanny Fern, of Charles Fourier and John Humphrey Noyes. The John Harvard Library edition reproduces the authoritative text of "The Scarlet Letter" in the "Centenary Edition of the Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne." |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Women - Fiction | Political |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2009031365 |
| Lexile Measure: 410 |
| Series: John Harvard Library (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.86" H x 5.5" W x 8.18" (0.67 lbs) 336 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - New England - Geographic Orientation - Massachusetts |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Hawthorne's greatest romance, The Scarlet Letter, is often simplistically seen as a timeless tale of desire, sin, and redemption. In his introduction, Michael J. Colacurcio argues that The Scarlet Letter is a serious historical novel. If Hawthorne's fiction rigorously and faithfully subjects Hester and Dimmesdale to the limits of seventeenth-century possibility, it nonetheless looks forward to the better, brighter world of Margaret Fuller and Fanny Fern, of Charles Fourier and John Humphrey Noyes. The John Harvard Library edition reproduces the authoritative text of The Scarlet Letter in the Centenary Edition of the Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne. |
Contributor Bio(s): Colacurcio, Michael J.: - Michael J. Colacurcio is Distinguished Professor of English at the University of California, Los Angeles, and the author of several books, including The Province of Piety: Moral History in Hawthorne's Early Tales and Godly Letters: The Literature of the American Puritans. |