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Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) Novelist Short Story Writer Central Figure of American Renaissance Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) Life Story Literary Characteristics The Scarlet Letter Life Story Childhood Education Career Childhood Birth: Salem, Massachusetts; July 4, 1804 Prominent ancestors: colonial magistrate (Quakers) judge (Salem Witchcraft Trial in 1692) father: sea captain dying in 1808 Leading a secluded life The Salem Witchcraft Trials Time: May-October of 1692 One of the darkest times in American history of religious tolerance Among the last outbreaks of the persecution of accused witches Education Bowdoin College (1821-1825) In the college met future president Franklin Pierce future poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow future congressman Jonathan Cilley future naval reformer Horatio Bridge. Career 1825-1827: Salem (reading and writing ) 1839-1840: Boston Customs House 1842: getting married and living at the Old Manse 1846-1849: Salem Customs House 1853-1857: United States Consul at Liverpool 1857-59: Rome and Florence 1860: returning to America 1864: death Literary Characteristics Major Works Hawthorne’s point of view Style Major Works 1837-1842: Twice-Told Tales 《故事重述》 1846: Mosses from an Old Manse 《古屋青苔》 1850: The Scarlet Letter《红字》 1851: The House of the Seven Gables 《带七个尖角阁的房子》 1852: The Blithedale Romance《福谷传奇》 1860: The Marble Faun (1860) 《玉石雕像》 Hawthorne’s point of view (1) Evil is at the core of human life. (2) Whenever there is sin, there is punishment. Sin or evil can be passed from generation to generation. (3) Evil educates. (4) He has disgust in science. One source of evil is overweening (too proud of oneself) intellect. His Themes His works are deeply concerned with: the ethical problems of sin, punishment, atonement (赎罪) . Style Romance fiction Long visual descriptions Formal dialogues (human emotion) Character’s inner struggle Symbolism and allegory Flowing and almost feminine Ambiguity Significan