Hawthorne
Henry James
Read by James Hutchisson
A brief biographical sketch and critical analysis of the works of Nathaniel Hawthorne, one of the preeminent writers of the nineteenth-century. A key figure in the so-called American Renaissance, Hawthorne is most famous for The Scarlet Letter, a classic of American literature, as well as such other novels as The House of the Seven Gables and The Blithedale Romance, all examined in this monograph. Hawthorne was also a master of the short story form, which was just beginning to recognized at that time in the American literary canon. Henry James, the author, was himself a masterful interpreter of American life as well, coming to fame in the generation after Hawthorne. - Summary by James Hutchisson (5 hr 47 min)
Chapters
Early Years I | 23:49 | Read by James Hutchisson |
Early Years II | 25:14 | Read by James Hutchisson |
Early Manhood I | 26:01 | Read by James Hutchisson |
Early Manhood II | 28:07 | Read by James Hutchisson |
Early Writings I | 28:44 | Read by James Hutchisson |
Early Writings II | 19:51 | Read by James Hutchisson |
Brook Farm and Concord I | 25:23 | Read by James Hutchisson |
Brook Farm and Concord II | 34:01 | Read by James Hutchisson |
The Three American Novels I | 24:37 | Read by James Hutchisson |
The Three American Novels II | 33:12 | Read by James Hutchisson |
The Three American Novels III | 29:56 | Read by James Hutchisson |
England and Italy I | 29:25 | Read by James Hutchisson |
England and Italy II | 19:30 | Read by James Hutchisson |
Last Years | 26:28 | Read by James Hutchisson |