though Nathaniel Hawthorne Once Referred To Himself As The Obscurest Man In American Letters, His Remarkable Achievements As A Novelist And Short-story Writer Have Given Him A Lasting Reputation In American Literature. His Impressive Body Of Work Includes The Novels The Scarlet Letter And The House Of The Seven Gables And The Short Stories Young Goodman Brown And Rappaccini's Daughter, All Staples Of High School English Classes.
about The Author:
laurie A. Sterling Is An Associate Professor Of English At King's College In Wilkes-barre, Pennsylvania, Where She Also Serves As Department Chairperson
school Library Journal gr 10 Up- This Volume Will Be A Much-sought-after Source. At First Glance, It Almost Seems Too Good To Be True: A Book That Will Actually Guide Them Through A Paper On Nathaniel Hawthorne? However, While Sterling Includes A Chapter On How To Write A Good Essay, She Asks More Questions Than She Answers In Terms Of Hawthorne, Encouraging Students To Engage Their Own Thoughts And Imaginations Within The Context Of His Works Instead Of Force-feeding Themes And Ideas To Them. An Individual Chapter Is Devoted To Expected Titles, Such As the House Of The Seven Gables And the Scarlet Letter, As Well As To The Relatively Little-known Roger Malvin's Burial And The Birth-mark. The Format Is Fairly Uniform, With Themes, Characters, Symbols And The Like All Discussed, Or Rather Represented, By Way Of The Many Thoughtful Musings With Which Sterling Leaves Readers. A Section On Compare And Contrast Essays, In Which A Particular Title Is Discussed In Relation To Other Works, Is Especially Useful. A Thorough Bibliography Closes Each Chapter And A Solid Index Is Appended.- carol Fazioli, Gwynedd-mercy College, Gwynedd Valley, Pa

Sterling, Laurie A; Bloom, Harold

Chelsea House Publications

Chelsea House Publishers

Infobase Holdings, Inc.

Chelsea Juniors

United States, United States of America

New York, NY, New York State, 2008

New York, NY, c2008

November 30, 2007

obscured text back cover

Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.

Nathaniel Hawthorne's fiction includes ""The Scarlet Letter"", ""The House of the Seven Gables"", ""Young Goodman Brown,"" and ""Rappaccini's Daughter"", all staples of high school English classes. This volume is designed to help students develop their analytical writing skills and critical comprehension of this important writer and his works.

Bloom's How to Write About Nathaniel Hawthorne offers valuable paper-topic suggestions, clearly outlined strategies on how to write a strong essay, and an insightful introduction by Harold Bloom designed to help students develop their analytical writing skills and critical comprehension of this important writer and his works

Offers instruction for composing different types of essays on the fiction of Nathaniel Hawthorne and contains literary criticism, analysis, and suggested essay topics for such works as "Young Goodman Brown" and "The Scarlet Letter."

Offers advice on writing essays about the works of Nathaniel Hawthorne and lists sample topics for The scarlet letter, The house of the seven gables, The Blithedale romance, The marble faun and ten of his short stories

vii, 344 p. ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index

2023-06-28