by Evan Carton

New York: Twayne Publishers, (1992).

First edition, first printing.

First printing number code sequence 1 through 10 to the copyright page.

Hawthorne's last complete work is discussed in terms of the critical response that greeted it, the literary tradition of the romance novel, and the politics of mid 19th Century America.

 Carton also applies modern theories to further interpret the text.

Very fine and tight in fresh beige linen with gilt embossed titles to the spine; in a very fine dust jacket, with jacket art a detail of "Interior of Saint Peter's, Rome" by Giovanni Paolo Panini.

Volume #86 in Twayne's Masterwork Studies.

 Octavo; 141 pages; Chronology of Hawthorne's life and works, notes and references, bibliography, index.

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