Citizens of Somewhere Else
Author | : Dan McCall |
Publisher | : Cornell University Press |
Total Pages | : 236 |
Release | : 1999 |
ISBN-10 | : 0801436400 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780801436406 |
Rating | : 4/5 (00 Downloads) |
Download or read book Citizens of Somewhere Else written by Dan McCall and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adopting an informal, conversational tone, McCall invites us to join him in a reading of some of Hawthorne's and James's masterpieces - not only The Scarlet Letter and The Portrait of a Lady but their great short stories, extensive notebooks, and other novels as well. He explains the significance of James's book Hawthorne, shows the influence of Emerson on both writers, and conveys throughout James's imaginative debt to Hawthorne.