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1. www.thegospelcoalition.org › article › darkening-ofDarkening of the Light: Hawthorne and the Post-Puritan Conscience

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   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 ...

2. literariness.org › 2019/11/26 › analysis-ofAnalysis of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Stories – Literary Theory ...

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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 ...

3. ijrcs.org › wp-content › uploadsImpact of the Bible in The Major Novels of Nathaniel Hawthorne

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   Hawthorne explores the complexities of human nature and morality within a Christian framework, drawing on Puritan themes and language to create powerful and thought-provoking stories. Nathaniel Hawthorne was deeply influenced by the Bible throughout his life and career as a writer. As a young man, Hawthorne read and studied the Bible extensively,

4. digitalscholarship.unlv.edu › thesesdissertations › 1115"Nathaniel Hawthorne and his biblical contexts" by Conor ...

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   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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5. kirkcenter.org › literature › the-moral-conservatismThe Moral Conservatism of Hawthorne - The Russell Kirk Center

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   Aug 26, 2010 · The Moral Conservatism of Hawthorne. Aug 26, 2010. C onservatism in America, though so often defeated at the polls, always has held its head high among men of letters. And in some ways the most influential American writer of conservative instincts was Nathaniel Hawthorne, the “boned pirate,” the master of allegory, that humorous, melancholy ...

6. www.jstor.org › stable › 27099109“AN ENDLESS SERMON”: RELIGIOUS MOTIFS IN MELVILLE ... - JSTOR

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   as the voice from the whirlwind.14 In addition to Job, Melville’s characterization of Hawthorne’s imputed metaphysical revolt likely draws on St. Paul’s Letter to the Ephesians, which exhorted his fellow Christians: “Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not

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   How did Nathaniel Hawthorne influence the Bible?

   • 336 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.

   Nathaniel Hawthorne and his biblical contexts

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   How did Hawthorne use the Bible?

   • The historical aspect of the Bible gave depth to Hawthorne's creativity. The moral aspect of the Bible provided themes and ideas around which Hawthorne could craft his own stories.

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   Why was Hawthorne interested in witchcraft?

   • Especially interested in the intensity of the Puritan-Cavalier rivalry, the Puritan inclination to credit manifestations of the supernatural such as witchcraft, and the psychology of the struggle for liberation from English rule, Hawthorne explored these themes in some of his earliest stories.

   Analysis of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Stories - Literary Theory and Criticism

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   Why did Nathaniel Hawthorne read American colonial history?

   • 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.

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   Why is Hawthorne important?

   • Both brilliantly characterized the isolated or alienated individual, but only Hawthorne regularly enriched the cultural significance of his stories by locating these characters within the context of an American past and thus contributing imaginatively to his readers’ sense of that past.

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   What did Hawthorne read?

   • Hawthorne read the college’s required texts with interest—Locke on reason, Paley on evidentialist Christianity, and Herodotus on history—but according to biographer Brenda Wineapple found equal pleasure in his status as “a charter member of the secret Pot-8-O Club, dedicated to weekly poems” and no small amount of illicit alcohol.

   Darkening of the Light: Hawthorne and the Post-Puritan Conscience

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8. www.semanticscholar.org › paper › Reflection-onReflection on Hawthorne's Use of Biblical Allusions and ...

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   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 ...