Hawthorne


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