霍桑及作品介绍.pptx

会计学;Contradictions in his thoughts Conservative Aesthetic theory His writing mainly focuses on the dark side of the society and human nature Revealing the character’s psychological states ;Literary style and themes;Hawthorne was predominantly a short story writer in his early career. Upon publishing Twice-Told Tales, however, he noted, I do not think much of them, and he expected little response from the public. Hawthorne also wrote nonfiction. In 2008, The Library of America selected Hawthornes A Collection of Wax Figures for inclusion in its two-century retrospective of American True Crime.;Criticism ;Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote that Nathaniel Hawthornes reputation as a writer is a very pleasing fact, because his writing is not good for anything, and this is a tribute to the man. Henry James praised Hawthorne, saying, The fine thing in Hawthorne is that he cared for the deeper psychology, and that, in his way, he tried to become familiar with it. Poet John Greenleaf Whittier wrote that he admired the weird and subtle beauty in Hawthornes tales. ;Evert Augustus Duyckinck said of Hawthorne, Of the American writers destined to live, he is the most original, the one least indebted to foreign models or literary precedents of any kind. Contemporary response to Hawthorne‘s work praised his sentimentality and moral purity while more modern evaluations focus on the dark psychological complexity. Beginning in the 1950s, critics have focused on symbolism and didacticism.;Novels ;Short story collections ;Selected short stories;