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Hawthorne's Concept of the Creative Process

Hawthorne is one among the few American writers who have dwelt on the subject of the creative process throughout his works. Through introspection and then skillfully enumerating the necessary elements of artistry, Hawthorne educated his audience in the progression of creating a piece of work. Many changes have taken place in literature since Hawthorne's time, but the basic principles set forth in his theories still hold true. Hawthorne's theories of art and his analysis of the creative process are surely among his most important contributions to literature. In the absence of a long national literary history, he mingled the Actual with the Imaginary and adapted his work to a form of the novel called Romance. With materials he could find concerning the short history of his country, he showed how past events influence the present. He examined the creative process that took place in his own work and shared with posterity the conditions under which he created.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc663816
Date12 1900
CreatorsHolland, Retta Fain
ContributorsKesterson, David B., 1938-, Hughes, Robert L., Logue, Joseph M.
PublisherNorth Texas State University
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
Formatiii, 101 leaves, Text
RightsPublic, Holland, Retta Fain, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights

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