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Hawthorne

Gelesen von James Hutchisson

A brief biographical sketch and critical analysis of the works of Nathaniel Hawthorne, one of the preeminent writers of the nineteenth-century. A key figure in the so-called American Renaissance, Hawthorne is most famous for The Scarlet Letter, a classic of American literature, as well as such other novels as The House of the Seven Gables and The Blithedale Romance, all examined in this monograph. Hawthorne was also a master of the short story form, which was just beginning to recognized at that time in the American literary canon. Henry James, the author, was himself a masterful interpreter of American life as well, coming to fame in the generation after Hawthorne. - Summary by James Hutchisson (5 hr 47 min)

Chapters

Early Years I

23:49

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Early Years II

25:14

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Early Manhood I

26:01

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Early Manhood II

28:07

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Early Writings I

28:44

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Early Writings II

19:51

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Brook Farm and Concord I

25:23

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Brook Farm and Concord II

34:01

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The Three American Novels I

24:37

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The Three American Novels II

33:12

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The Three American Novels III

29:56

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England and Italy I

29:25

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England and Italy II

19:30

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Last Years

26:28

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