Memorializing, allegory and the rewriting of Nathaniel Hawthorne
The thesis uses Hawthorne's interest in a scene of filial ambiguity, namely Samuel Johnson's penance to argue that Hawthorne's (re-) writing is characterised by a subversion of origins (both metaphysical and cultural). Complementing this argument, the thesis also attempts to show, wit...
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University of Nottingham
1998
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.285752 |