Hawthorne [ho:to:rn] Nathaniel, ur. 4 VII 1804, Salem (stan Massachusetts), zm. 19 V 1864, Plymouth (tamże), pisarz amerykański.
Związany z tradycją nowoang. purytanizmu, podejmował jego rel.-etyczną problematykę, przeciwstawiając się zarazem ahumanist. dogmatyzmowi moralnemu; romant. fantastykę i symbolizm łączył z przenikliwą analizą psychol.; powieści Szkarłatna litera (1850, wyd. pol. 1930, nowe tłum. 1987), Dom o siedmiu szczytach (1851, wyd. pol. 1959), i Marmurowy faun (1860, wyd. pol. 1984), zbiory nowel (Twice-Told Tales 1837, Mosses from an Old Manse 1846) — pol. wybory Nowi Adam i Ewa (1982) oraz Diabeł w rękopisie (1985); eseje; oprac. mity gr. dla młodzieży (1851, 1853, wyd. pol. 1937, wyd. nowe pt. Opowieści z zaczarowanego lasu 1973).
First published in 1850, “The Scarlet Letter” is the work that would establish Nathaniel Hawthorne’s literary legacy. It is the story ...
" The Scarlet Letter is so terrible in its pictures of diseased human nature as to produce most questionable delights. The reader's interest never flags ...
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia ...
Many of the earliest stories of witchcraft and black magic, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly ...
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing ...
Volume three of four in this collection of Hawthorne's strange and unsettling tales
Nathaniel Hawthorne was one of the earliest admired American novelists ...
In Tanglewood Tales (written as a follow-up to A Wonder Book for Girls & Boys), Nathaniel Hawthorne presents six more stories adapted from Greek mythology: ...
The Marble Faun, The Romance of Monte Beni was the last of the four major romances by Nathaniel Hawthorne. It was written on the eve of the American Civil ...