Romanticism - Literary Movements, Literary Criticism - U.S. Fiction & Prose Literature - General & Miscellaneous, United States History - General & Miscellaneous, Mysticism - General & Miscellaneous, 19th Century American Literature - Literary Criticism,
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Overview
Liquid Fire exposes the sophisticated discourse about the Self in Hawthorne's romances that serves not only as the foundation of Hawthorne's imagery, but often as the architectonic of the romance as a whole. Beginning with a study of contemporary constructions of the Self and meaning in the thought of New England clergyman Horace Bushnell, philosopher R. W. Emerson, and mesmerist J. P. F. Deleuze, the argument traces Hawthorne's involvement with these ideas and the process of his conversion to them, culminating in detailed analyses of the four major romances that show how deeply they are worked with speculations about the nature of the Self and its ambient reality. Later works are largely incoherent without this perspective on their construction.Editorials
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Explores Hawthorne's use of imagery in the romances The Scarlet Letter, The House of Seven Gables, and The Marble Faun. The author argues that important intellectual influences on Hawthorne, such as R. W. Emerson and clergyman Horace Bushnell, have heretofore gone unrecognized. Recognition of these influences lead to the understanding of Hawthorne's fundamental vision of the unity of being in the Romances and his later works. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.Book Details
Published
October 1, 1998
Publisher
New York : P. Lang, c1998.
Pages
324
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780820438306