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  1. Abstract: Nathaniel Hawthorne's works are deeply influenced by the Bible, both in terms of its religious themes and its literary style. As a writer deeply rooted in the culture and history of New England, Hawthorne was familiar with the Bible from a young age, and it played an important role in shaping his worldview and artistic vision.

  2. 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 ...

    • Conor Michael Walsh
    • 2009
  3. 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 ...

  4. Abstract —Nathaniel Hawthorne's master work The Scarlet. Letter revealed the impact of The Bible on him. The novel is a. powerful tale of passion, Puritanis m and revenge, which is. treated as ...

  5. Mar 26, 2013 · Hawthorne’s elaborately wrought fictions seem designed to reconnect us with a great mythic narrative at the foundation of the Western intellectual and moral tradition: the ultimate cautionary tale of how the acquisition of worldly power beyond one’s ken, and the transgression of venerable taboos and ancient boundaries, will surely lead to physical and moral ruin . . . like all the greatest ...

  6. true that the story is still unfolding to this minute. We are used to hearing that the Bible is a love story. But we tend to see only one side of the love: how God loves people. If the main point of the Bible is that God is to be loved with heart, soul, mind and strength, perhaps it would be wise to read the entire story from God’s point of view.

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  8. Nov 1, 2019 · Nathaniel Hawthorne's master work The Scarlet Letter revealed the impact of The Bible on him. The novel is a powerful tale of passion, Puritanism and revenge, which is treated as the foremost romantic classic of American literature, and is truly one of the greatest triumphs in literary history. Meanwhile, there are correspondences among the theme, main characters and plots with biblical ...

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