
The Half-Vanished Structure
Hawthorne's Allegorical Dialectics
Magnus Ullén(Author)
Peter Lang Verlag
Published on 25. February 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
452 pages
978-3-03910-200-6 (ISBN)
Description
This book takes issue with the tendency in twentieth-century Hawthorne-criticism to blur the distinction between symbolism and allegory. Rejecting the long-standing notion that Hawthorne is a symbolist in allegorical disguise, Ullén argues that allegory is the key to understanding how religion, sexuality, aesthetics and politics are interwoven in Hawthorne's writings.
The study presents a model for allegorical interpretation of general applicability, which is brought to bear on each of Hawthorne's mature romances, and on the oft-neglected Wonder Books written for children. An unparalleled analysis of the formal intricacies of Hawthorne's writings, this book is an eloquent plea for the necessity of grounding ideological analysis in aesthetical considerations.
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Thesis
Doctoral thesis
Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Lausanne
Switzerland
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Illustrations
6 tables
Dimensions
Height: 220 mm
Width: 150 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
616 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-03910-200-6 (9783039102006)
Schweitzer Classification
Person
The Author: Magnus Ullén received his Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from Uppsala University. He is currently engaged in research at Stockholm University.
Content
Contents: Introduction - In Defence of Allegory - 'This Fearful Sympathy': Hawthorne's Allegory of the Fortunate Fall -
The Scarlet Letter
: The Office of Art -
The House of the Seven Gables
: Pictures Out of Sunshine - The Wonder Books -
The Blithedale Romance
: Translating the Spirit -
The Marble Faun
: Recovering the Sacred Candlestick - Conclusion: Hawthorne's Allegorical Dialectics.