Nathaniel Hawthorne's Preoccupation with Unpardonable Sin. The Dramatization of Ethical Action in His Short Stories

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Pages:288
ISBN:0-7734-4466-1
978-0-7734-4466-9
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This eclectic book explores Hawthorne’s study of the ambiguities of the human heart. It reaches in many directions and touches on a surprising diverse set of sources ranging from Plato, Augustine, Milton, Calvin, Luther and Coleridge to Sartre, Heidegger, Munch, C.S. Lewis, Cormac McCarthy, Solzhenitsyn, and an array of Hawthorne’s critics.

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“Timmerman’s facility with Hawthorne’s biography contributes richly to the analysis of the fiction.”
-Prof. Dale Brown,
King College

Table of Contents

Foreword
Introduction
Chapter 1: Hawthorne and Ethics
Chapter 2: IDEA and Art
Chapter 3: The Naïf and the Devil
Chapter 4: Science and Scientism
Chapter 5: Hawthorne in Plato’s Cave: The Ethical Good
Chapter 6: The Disappearing Man
Chapter 7: Ethics and Art
Chapter 8: Sin, Guilt and Forgiveness
Chapter 9: Conclusion: Ethical Theory and Practice
Endnotes
Bibliography
Index

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