The Influence of Political Events and Ideologies on Nathaniel Hawthorne's Political Vision and Writings (Studies in American Literature)

The Influence of Political Events and Ideologies on Nathaniel Hawthorne's Political Vision and Writings (Studies in American Literature)

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  • 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 320 p.
  • 言語 ENG
  • 商品コード 9780773473591
  • DDC分類 813.3

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Drawing upon the disciplines of literary analysis and political theory, this study reviews and considers the notable influence of actual political events and ideologies on Hawthorne, and argues that he reacted to radical reform ideologies with a set of beliefs and understandings characteristic of the conservative political thinker. It also demonstrates that Hawthorne, like Burke, distinguished between the philosophical justification for the American Revolution and the ideological impetus for the French Revolution.

Contents

Introduction - Nathaniel Hawthorne and political reform; Nathaniel Hawthorne and conservative philosophy; Hawthorne's concept of human nature and original sin in the philosophy of conservative reform; Hawthorne's conservatism and the democratic dilemma; the role of the "past" in Hawthorne's philosophy of conservative reform; Hawthorne's response to Comtean positivism in the philosophy of conservative reform; Hawthorne and conservative reform in the American Revolution; Nathaniel Hawthorne and Edmund Burke -conservative perspectives on reform in "Earth's Holocaust" and the French Revolution; conclusion - Nathaniel Hawthorne and the philosophy of conservative reform.