Hierarchic Organization and Restoration in Nathaniel
Hawthorne's The House of the Seven Gables
VDM Verlag Dr. Müller
(2009-07-17
)
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ISBN-13:
978-3-639-18196-8
ISBN-10:
3639181964
EAN:
9783639181968
Book language:
English
Blurb/Shorttext:
Since its publication, the conclusion of The House of
the Seven Gables has been criticized as either
inconsistent with the rest of the novel or a failure.
After analyzing this novel along with Hawthorne's
other major works, it becomes clear that there is in
fact consistency to the conclusion of this great
American novel. It is through a complex dissection
of the concept of hierarchies and their constructions
that the patterns in Hawthorne's texts become more
obvious--and the meaning of the conclusion of this
long debated text becomes apparent.