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Hawthorne's Romantic Transmutation of Colonial and Revolutionary War History in Selected Tales and Romances

The purpose of this thesis is to examine in selected tales and romances Hawthorne's intent and the effectiveness of his transmutation of American colonial and Revolutionary War history in his fiction. This study examines the most important of Hawthorne's original sources. While indicating the relationship between fictional and historical accounts as necessary to a study of Hawthorne's romantic transmutation of history, this thesis further investigates Hawthorne's artistic reasons for altering events of the past.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc131125
Date08 1900
CreatorsClayton, Lawrence R.
ContributorsMiller, Lee W., Ayer, Hugh M., 1924-
PublisherNorth Texas State University
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
Formatiii, 110 leaves, Text
RightsPublic, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved., Clayton, Lawrence R.

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