Name: Hawthorne, Melville and the American Character: A Looking Glass Business
Author: McWilliams, John P., Jr.
ISBN: 9780521259002

by McWilliams, John P., Jr.

Hawthorne, Melville and the American Character: A Looking Glass Business

by McWilliams, John P., Jr.

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ISBN-13: 9780521259002
ISBN: 0521259002
Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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McWilliams, John P., Jr.

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This book considers the portrayal of the American national character in the writings of Nathaniel Hawthorne and Herman Melville. It examines Hawthorne's abiding concern with the development of New England from colony to province to republic, and analyses Melville's changing evocation of 'the new American', and the difficulties he faced in sustaining his heady nationalistic faith.McWilliams, John P., Jr. is the author of 'Hawthorne, Melville and the American Character: A Looking Glass Business' with ISBN 9780521259002 and ISBN 0521259002.

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