2014.10.29 week8 note－Kana

【American Literature】

《week 8》

Next week will be a mid-term test!

literature

《Nathaniel Hawthorne》

Nathaniel Hawthorne: Nathaniel Hawthorne was born in 1804 in Salem, Massachusetts. The Scarlet Letter was published in 1850, followed by a succession of other novels. A political appointment took Hawthorne and family to Europe before their return to The Wayside in 1860. He died in May 19, 1864, and was survived by his wife and their 3 children.

Nathaniel Hawthorne

《The Scarlet Letter》

The Scarlet Letter: The Scarlet Letter was an 1850 romantic work of fiction in a historical setting, written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, and is considered to be his magnum opus. Set in 17^th century Puritan Boston, Massachusetts during the years 1642 to 1649. It tells the story of Hester Prynne, who conceives a daughter through an affair and struggles to create a new life of repentance and dignity. Throughout the book, he explores themes of legalism, sin, and guilt.

the scarlet letter

《Renaissance》

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American Renaissance: recognizing the centrality of reform to his cultural moment, Emerson declared in “Man the Reformer” (1841) that “the doctrine of Reform had never such scope as at the present hour”. Thorough the Transcendentalism for which he stood emphasized self-culture and personal reform rather than public initiatives; by the 1840s Emerson had begun to link himself to activist reform movements.

《Ralph Waldo Emerson》

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Ralph Waldo Emerson was an American essayist, lecturer, and poet, who led the Transcendentalist movement of the mid-19^th century. He with whom numerous, other significant writers of the time sought to coe to terms. Without Emerson's inspirational essays on nonconformity, self-reliance, and anti-institutionalism.

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