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Hawthorne Revised Edition
Contributor(s): James, Henry (Author), McCall, Dan E. (Foreword by)

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 ISBN: 0801484790     ISBN-13: 9780801484797
Publisher: Cornell University Press
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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: March 1997
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Annotation: Originally published in 1879, Henry James's Hawthorne has been out of print for many years. Cornell University Press is proud to make this American classic available again in a new paperback edition. In this critique of one literary genius by another, James not only considers Hawthorne as a man and a writer, for whom he has a tender, if critical, regard, but he uses his subject as a vantage point from which to present his views on American culture. With his customary urbanity, James assesses the place of the writer in nineteenth-century America, and touches upon the antithetical values of the Old World and the New. Hawthorne's preoccupation with evil and guilt, his portentous imagination and his otherworldliness are brought out in the critique of his works, together with James's keen appreciation of Hawthorne's remarkable gifts.

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BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | American - General
Dewey: B
LCCN: 97051209
Age Level: 18-UP
Grade Level: 13-UP
Series: Cornell Paperbacks
Physical Information: 0.49" H x 5.03" W x 7.41" L (0.40 lbs) 168 pages
Features: Index
 
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The first extended study ever made of an American writer. It still remains one of the best.--Edmund WilsonOriginally published in 1879, Henry James's Hawthorne has been out of print for many years. Cornell University Press is proud to make this American classic available again in a new paperback edition.In this critique of one literary genius by another, James not only considers Hawthorne as a man and a writer, for whom he has a tender, if critical, regard, but he uses his subject as a vantage point from which to present his views on American culture. With his customary urbanity, James assesses the place of the writer in nineteenth-century America, and touches upon the antithetical values of the Old World and the New.Hawthorne's preoccupation with evil and guilt, his portentous imagination, and his otherworldliness are brought out in the critique of his works, together with James's keen appreciation of Hawthorne's remarkable gifts.

Contributor Bio(s): James, Henry: - Dan McCall is Professor of American Studies at Cornell University. He is the author of The Silence of Bartleby, from Cornell.
 
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