Passages From the French and Italian Notebooks, Complete - Hawthorne, Nathaniel
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"Passages From the French and Italian Notebooks, Complete" offers a fascinating glimpse into the nineteenth-century European travels of Nathaniel Hawthorne. This meticulously prepared edition presents Hawthorne's observations and reflections on his time in France and Italy, providing a unique window into the experiences of American expatriates abroad. Part travelogue, part personal reflection, the notebooks chronicle Hawthorne's encounters with European culture, history, and art. Readers will be captivated by his insightful commentary on the people, places, and customs he encountered. A…mehr

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"Passages From the French and Italian Notebooks, Complete" offers a fascinating glimpse into the nineteenth-century European travels of Nathaniel Hawthorne. This meticulously prepared edition presents Hawthorne's observations and reflections on his time in France and Italy, providing a unique window into the experiences of American expatriates abroad. Part travelogue, part personal reflection, the notebooks chronicle Hawthorne's encounters with European culture, history, and art. Readers will be captivated by his insightful commentary on the people, places, and customs he encountered. A valuable resource for anyone interested in travel writing, nineteenth-century history, or the life and works of Nathaniel Hawthorne, this complete edition offers a compelling and enduring portrait of a bygone era. It provides a historical perspective on the American experience in Europe. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
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Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) stands as a pivotal figure in the pantheon of American literary greats. Best known for his penetrating exploration of morality, sin, and the human condition, Hawthorne's writing is characterized by a deep psychological complexity and a dark romanticism. Born in Salem, Massachusetts, his early life was shadowed by his ancestors' involvement in the infamous witch trials, an event that would later inform his literary sensibility. Hawthorne's oeuvre includes a rich tapestry of short stories and novels. Notably, 'The Scarlet Letter' (1850) remains a defining work of American literature, exploring themes of legalism, sin, and guilt. Likewise, 'The House of the Seven Gables' (1851) reflects his interest in the themes of guilt and atonement within a decaying ancestral mansion, an enduring metaphor for the dark side of American history. Apart from his fiction, Hawthorne's lesser-known 'Passages from the French and Italian Notebooks, Complete' reveals his travel experiences in Europe and provides a glimpse into the author's private musings on culture and art-these notes inform studies on his development as a writer and his later works. Hawthorne's literary style, heavy with allegory and symbolism, seals his legacy as a master of moral complexity, probing the intricacies of the human heart and society.