Nathaniel
Hawthorne (1804-1864) was
an American short story writer and novelist. Known for sophisticated allegorical
and moralistic tales often set in New England, he was the first American author
to produce a uniquely American epic, The
Scarlet Letter, a work that sets the pattern for the Great American Novel, a
thematic form built upon a post-Calvinist worldview that intermingles an ironic
appreciation for human individualism with a determined commitment to political liberty
and intellectual freedom. Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick
and Mark Twain’s The Adventures of
Huckleberry Finn are heirs to Hawthorne’s revelation.
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