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AStudyofHawthorne
GeorgeParsonsLathrop
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Author:GeorgeParsonsLathrop
ReleaseDate:July,2005[EBook#8530][This
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Language:English
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CONTENTS.
I.POINTOFVIEW
II.SALEM
III.BOYHOOD.–COLLEGEDAYS.–FANSHAWE
IV.TWILIGHTOFTHETWICE-TOLDTALES
V.ATBOSTONANDBROOKFARM
VI.THEOLDMANSE
VII.THESCARLETLETTER.
VIII.LENOXANDCONCORD:PRODUCTIVE
PERIOD
IX.ENGLANDANDITALY
X.THELASTROMANCE
XI.PERSONALITY
 
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XII.POE,IRVING,HAWTHORNE
XIII.THELossANDTHEGAIN
APPENDIXI.APPENDIXII.APPENDIXIII.IN-
DEXI.POINTOFVIEW.
Thisbookwasnotdesignedasabiography,
butisratheraportrait.And,tospeakmore
carefullystill,itisnotsomuchthis,asmycon-
ceptionofwhataportraitofHawthorneshould
be.ForIcannotwritewiththeauthorityofone
whohadknownhimandhadbeenformallyin-
trustedwiththetaskofdescribinghislife.On
theotherhand,Idonotenteruponthisat-
temptasamereliteraryperformance,buthave
beenassistedinitbyaninwardimpulse,acon-
sciousnessofsympathywiththesubject,which
Imayperhapsconsiderasortofinspiration.
Myguidehasbeenintuition,confirmedandsel-
domconfutedbyresearch.Perhapsitisevena
favoringfactthatIshouldneverhaveseenMr.
Hawthorne;apersonalitysoelusiveashismay
possiblyyielditstraitsmorereadilytoonewho
canneverobtrudeactualintercoursebetween
himselfandthemindheismeditatingupon.
Anhonestreportuponpersonalcontactalways
hasavaluedeniedtothereviewsofafter-com-
ers,yetthebestcriticismandbiographyisnot
alwaysthatofcontemporaries.
Ourfirststudieswillhaveabiographicalscope,
becauseacertaingroupingoffactsisessential,
togivepointtotheviewwhichIamendeavoring
topresent;andasHawthorne’searlylifehas
hithertobeenbutlittleexplored,muchofthe
materialusedintheearlierchaptersisnowfor
thefirsttimemadepublic.Thelatterportionof
thecareermaybetreatedmoresketchily,being
alreadybetterknown;thoughpassageswillbe
foundthroughouttheessaywhichhavebeen
developedwithsomefulness,inordertomain-
 

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