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BL
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Record Number
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946403
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Doc. No
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b700773
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Title & Author
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Nathaniel Hawthorne /\ edited and with an introduction by Harold Bloom.
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Publication Statement
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Broomall, PA :: Chelsea House Publishers,, ©2001.
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Series Statement
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Bloom's major short story writers
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Page. NO
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1 online resource (88 pages).
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ISBN
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1438116268
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: 9781438116266
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Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Contents
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Biography of Nathaniel Hawthorne -- Plot summary of "Young Goodman Brown" -- List of characters in "Young Goodman Brown" -- Critical views on "Young Goodman Brown." Henry James on imagination and allegory ; Darrel Abel on the pink ribbon as symbol ; Joan Elizabeth Easterly on Goodman Brown's spiritual failure ; Walter Shear on time and social fantasy ; Benjamin Franklin V on the Puritan catechism -- Plot summary of "The minister's black veil" -- List of characters in "The minister's black veil" -- Critical views on "The minister's black veil." James R. Mellow on Hawthorne's veil ; Richard H. Brodhead on Hawthorne and Melville ; William Freedman on the veil as symbol ; Edgar A. Dryden on the story as parable ; Samuel Chase Coale on Hooper and the veil -- Plot summary of "The Maypole of Merry Mount" -- List of characters in "The Maypole of Merry Mount" -- Critical views on "The Maypole of Merry Mount." Harry Levin on the setting of the story ; Terrence Martin on conflict in the story ; John F. Birk on Milton's influence on the story ; David D. Joplin on Hawthorne and Milton ; Michael J. Colacurcio on the story as allegory -- Plot summary of "Rappaccini's daughter" -- List of characters in "Rappaccini's daughter" -- Critical views on "Rappaccini's daughter." Jac Tharpe on Beatrice ; John N. Miller on false leads in the story ; Ronald J. Nelson on sources for Pietro Baglioni ; Carol M. Bensick on modern interpretations ; Patricia M. Roger on the physical and the spiritual ; Anna Brickhouse on the Mexican genealogy of the story -- Plot summary of "Roger Malvin's burial" -- List of characters in "Roger Malvin's burial" -- Critical views on "Roger Malvin's burial." Patricia Anne Carlson on setting and interpretation ; Shifra Hochberg on the significance of names in the story ; G.R. Thompson on strategies of narrative intervention ; Michael J. Colacurcio on Reuben Bourne's logic ; Nancy Bunge on the theme of the story.
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Abstract
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Presents plot summaries, characters, and critical views on the author's best known short stories, including "Young Goodman Brown" and "The minister's black veil," and includes biographical information.
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Subject
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Hawthorne, Nathaniel,1804-1864-- Criticism and interpretation
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Hawthorne, Nathaniel,1804-1864-- Examinations
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Hawthorne, Nathaniel,1804-1864.
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Subject
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Short story, Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Subject
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Short story-- Examinations, Study guides.
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Subject
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Examinations.
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Subject
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Short story-- Examinations.
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Subject
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Short story.
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Dewey Classification
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813
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Added Entry
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Bloom, Harold.
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