1st Edition
Nathaniel Hawthorne as Political Philosopher Revolutionary Principles Domesticated and Personalized
By John E. Alvis
Copyright 2012
292 Pages
by
Routledge
291 Pages
by
Routledge
291 Pages
by
Routledge
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Using the works of Nathaniel Hawthorne as a case study, John E. Alvis shows that a novelist can be a political philosopher. He demonstrates that much of Hawthorne's works are rooted in the American political tradition. Once we view his writings in connection with the principles expressed in the Declaration of Independence, we grasp that what Thomas Jefferson and John Adams had stated explicitly,... Read more
1: Jefferson and Hawthorne: Declarations of American Identity; 2: Hawthorne's Personalizing of the Declaration; 3: Three Impaired Romances; 4: Heart and Letter; 5: Hester's Declaration and Hawthorne's
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John E. Alvis
