ISBN A Historical Guide to Nathaniel Hawthorne book English Hardcover 232 pages

Nathaniel Hawthorne remains one of the most widely read and taught of American authors. This Historical Guide collects a number of original essays by Hawthorne scholars that place the author in historical context. Like other volumes in the series A Historical Guide to Nathaniel Hawthorne includes an introduction a brief biography a bibliographical essay and an illustrated chronology of the author's life and times. Combining cultural criticism with historical scholarship this volume addresses a wide range of topics relevant to Hawthorne's work including his relationship to slavery children mesmerism and the visual arts.