美国文学 副本Lecture 2 Nathaniel Hawthorne.pptVIP

Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) “Like EdgarAllan Poe, Hawthorne took a dark view of human Nature.” American novelist and short story writer ， the first greatest Ameican fiction writer in the moralistic tradition I. Hawthornes Background Born in Salem, Massachusetts Puritan （清教徒） background Ancestor of John Hawthorne —— one of the three judges in the Salem Witch Trials( 塞勒 姆驱巫案） Began writing after college at Bowdion College in Maine Spent many years in seclusion —— starving artist Hawthornes Background Held many jobs including writer, publisher,