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THE OPENED LETTER: REREADING HAWTHORNE DISSERTATION Presented to the Graduate Council of the University of North Texas in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY By Grace Elizabeth Smith, B. A., M. A. Denton, Texas December 1998
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Given Hawthorne's general sense of human fallibility, it is consistent with his philosophy that he recognize the failures as well as the triumphs in the Puritan past. Just as he found much to deplore as well as much to admire in his own ancestors, Hawthorne finds our common historical past a complex mixture of good and evil.
John Patrick Hawthorne[1] FBA (born 25 May 1964) is an English philosopher, currently serving as Professor of Philosophy at the Australian Catholic University in Melbourne, [3] and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Southern California. [4] He is recognized as a leading contemporary contributor to metaphysics and epistemology.
IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA June, 1953 / DEDICATION To Dr. Harry R. Warfel., my teacher, and to Ann, my wife. ii Life is made up of marble and mud.-Nathaniel Hawthorne If it be true that human nature is evil, we shall gain nothing by blinking the fact.-Julian Hawthorne ...
Most criticism has accepted the rather forthright and explicit allegorical inter- pretation of Hawthorne's "The Birthmark" that regards the mark on Georgiana Aylmer's cheek as the external sign of her human, imperfect condition and under- stands Aylmer's attempt to remove it as the expression of either scientific, ra- tional, reformist ...
Feb 3, 2012 · The majority of criticism and scholarship devoted to the fiction of Nathaniel Hawthorne takes for granted the relationship between Hawthorne and the Bible, focusing instead upon theology and philosophy. This work proposes that the Bible was an important and pervasive influence in Hawthorne's fiction. The Bible provides Hawthorne with numerous resources for both his artistic and moral concerns ...
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Nov 26, 2019 · Nathaniel Hawthorne ’s reading in American colonial history confirmed his basically ambivalent attitude toward the American past, particularly the form that Puritanism took in the New England colonies. Especially interested in the intensity of the Puritan-Cavalier rivalry, the Puritan inclination to credit manifestations of the supernatural ...
