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The Art of Authorial Presence: Hawthorne’s Provincial Tales
G. R. Thompson
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paperback. Num Pages: 334 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBF; DSK; JFC; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 151 x 24. Weight in Grams: 540.
The critical literary world has spent a wealth of thought and words on the question of Hawthorne himself: Where does he stand in his works? In history? In literary tradition? In this major new study, G. R. Thompson recasts the "Hawthorne question" to show how authorial presence in the writer's works is as much a matter of art as the writing itself. The Hawthorne who emerges from this masterful analysis is not, as has been supposed, identical to the provincial narrator of his early tales; instead he is revealed to be the skillful manipulator of that narrative voice, an author ... Read more
The critical literary world has spent a wealth of thought and words on the question of Hawthorne himself: Where does he stand in his works? In history? In literary tradition? In this major new study, G. R. Thompson recasts the "Hawthorne question" to show how authorial presence in the writer's works is as much a matter of art as the writing itself. The Hawthorne who emerges from this masterful analysis is not, as has been supposed, identical to the provincial narrator of his early tales; instead he is revealed to be the skillful manipulator of that narrative voice, an author ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
334
Condition
New
Number of Pages
334
Place of Publication
North Carolina, United States
ISBN
9780822313212
SKU
V9780822313212
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About G. R. Thompson
G. R. Thompson is Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Purdue University
Reviews for The Art of Authorial Presence: Hawthorne’s Provincial Tales
"There is no doubt that this is a new, revisionary approach to Hawthorne. It seeks to locate Hawthorne historically but in a way that will free his work from purely local or ideological considerations."—Edgar A. Dryden, University of Arizona "Thompson presents us with a network of aesthetic terms whose newness consists of the new level of precision they allow us. ... Read more