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Nathaniel Hawthorne's Sketches: Definition, Classification, and Analysis

Nathaniel Hawthorne's sketches, as distinguished from his tales, fall into three main types: the essay-sketch, the sketch-proper, and the vignette-sketch. A definition of these works includes a brief discussion of their inception, source, and development, and a study of the individual pieces as representative of types within each of the three main divisions.
A consideration of the sketches from their inception through their final form reveals a great deal of the formative process of some of Hawthorne's ideas of literature and of the development of specific techniques to cope with his themes. A study of the sketches as a group and individually provides a clearer basis for a study of Hawthorne's other works.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc663458
Date05 1900
CreatorsKelly, Kathleen O.
ContributorsKesterson, David B., 1938-, Tanner, James T. F., Kirk, Gerald A.
PublisherNorth Texas State University
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
Formatiii, 119 leaves, Text
RightsPublic, Kelly, Kathleen O., Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights

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