上海外国语大学美国文学课件：chapter 4.ppt

Exit Continue President James Polk, but was dismissed from this post when Zachary Taylor became president. Hawthorne then devoted himself to his most famous novel, The Scarlet Letter, which was an immediate success and allowed Hawthorne to devote himself to his writing. He left Salem for a temporary residence in Lenox, a small town the Berkshires, where he completed the romance The House of the Seven Gables in 1851. While in Lenox, Hawthorne became acquainted with Herman Melville and became a major proponent of Melvilles work, but their friendship became strained. Hawthornes subsequent novels, The Blithedale Romance, based on his years of communal living at Brook Farm, and the romance The Marble Faun, were both considered disappointments. Hawthorne supported himself through another political post, the consulship in Liverpool, which he was given for writing a campaign biography for Franklin Pierce. Hawthorne passed away on May 19, 1864 in Plymouth, New Hampshire after a long period of illness in which he suffered severe bouts of dementia. Emerson described his life as painful solitude. Hawthorne maintained a strong friendship with Franklin Pierce, but otherwise had few intimates and little engagement with any sort of social life. His works remain notable for their treatment of guilt and the complexities of moral choices. Exit Continue The Marble Faun (1860) Major Literary Works Twice-Told Tales (1837) Mosses from an Old Manse (1846) The Scarlet Letter, (1850) The House of Seven Gables (1851) The Blithedale Romance(1852) The Life of Franklin Pierce(1852) Exit Continue Twice-Told Tales (1837): This is a collection of short stories. The following part is the reviews of Poe on this book. Mr. Hawthornes volumes appear to us misnamed in two respects. In the first place they should not have been called Twice-Told Tales”, for this is a title which will not bear repetition If in the first collected edition they were twice-told, of course now they are thrice-told. M