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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/23034506 Title: The scarlet letter : complete, authoritative text with biographical background and critical history plus essays from five contemporary critical perspectives with introductions and bibliographies Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne; Ross C Murfin Publisher: Boston : Bedford Books of St. Martin's Press, ©1991. ISBN/ISSN: 0312060246 9780312060244 0312035462 9780312035464 0333575601 9780333575604 OCLC:23034506

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The scarlet letter : complete, authoritative text with biographical background and critical history plus essays from five contemporary critical perspectives with introductions and bibliographies

Author:	Nathaniel Hawthorne; Ross C Murfin
Publisher:	Boston : Bedford Books of St. Martin's Press, ©1991.
Series:	Case studies in contemporary criticism.
Edition/Format:	Print book : Fiction : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:	"Set in 17th-century Puritan New England, this story of illicit passion, guilt and punishment revolves around the beautiful and mysterious Hester Prynne. She is condemned to wear a scarlet letter as a sign of her adultery, and it has a strange and disturbing effect upon those around her - neighbours, husband, lover and child." "The student will find a helpful introduction and a full section of resource notes Read more...
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Subjects	Hawthorne, Nathaniel, -- 1804-1864. -- Scarlet letter. Scarlet letter (Hawthorne, Nathaniel) Hawthorne, Nathaniel (1804-1864). -- Scarlet letter. View all subjects
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Genre/Form:	Fiction Historical fiction History Psychological fiction
Named Person:	Nathaniel Hawthorne; Nathaniel Hawthorne; Nathaniel (1804-1864) Hawthorne; Nathaniel Hawthorne; Nathaniel Hawthorne; Nathaniel Hawthorne
Material Type:	Fiction, Internet resource
Document Type:	Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors:	Nathaniel Hawthorne; Ross C Murfin Find more information about:
ISBN:	0312060246 9780312060244 0312035462 9780312035464 0333575601 9780333575604
OCLC Number:	23034506
Description:	xi, 371 pages ; 22 cm.
Contents:	Part One. The complete text. The prison-door -- The market-place -- The recognition -- The interview -- Hester at her needle -- Pearl -- The governor's hall -- The elf-child and the minister -- The leech -- The leech and his patient -- The interior of a heart -- The minister's vigil -- Another view of Hestor -- Hester and the physician -- Hester and Pearl -- A forest walk -- The pastor and his parishioner -- A flood of sunshine -- The child at the brook-side -- The minister in a maze -- The New England holiday -- The procession -- The revelation of the scarlet letter -- Conclusion. Part Two. A case study in contemporary criticism -- Introduction: the critical background -- Psychoanalytic criticism and The scarlet letter -- Re-reading The letter: Hawthorne, the fetish, and the (family) romance / Joanne Feit Diehl -- Reader-response criticism and The scarlet letter -- Mrs. Hawthorne's headache: reading The scarlet letter / David Leverenz -- Feminist criticism and The scarlet letter -- The scarlet letter (a)dorée, or the female body embroidered / Shari Benstock -- Deconstruction and The scarlet letter -- Silence, family discourse, and fiction in The scarlet letter / Michael Ragussis -- The new historicism and The scarlet letter -- Hawthorne's a-morality of compromise / Sacvan Bercovitch.
Series Title:	Case studies in contemporary criticism.
Responsibility:	Nathaniel Hawthorne ; edited by Ross C. Murfin.
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This edition of Hawthorne's classic novel presents the Centenary edition as well as five critical essays that read "The Scarlet Letter" from five contemporary perspectives. Read more...

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