TY - BOOK AU - Bell,Michael Davitt TI - Hawthorne and the Historical Romance of New England T2 - Princeton Legacy Library SN - 9780691620466 U1 - 813 23 PY - 2015///] CY - Princeton, NJ : PB - Princeton University Press, KW - Historical fiction, American KW - History and criticism KW - Romanticism KW - United States KW - LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General KW - bisacsh N1 - Frontmatter --; PREFACE --; CONTENTS --; INTRODUCTION: The Treatment of the Past --; CHAPTER ONE. THE FOUNDING FATHERS --; CHAPTER TWO. TYRANTS AND REBELS CONVENTIONAL TREATMENTS OF INTOLERANCE --; CHAPTER THREE. A HOME IN THE WILDERNESS HAWTHORNE'S HISTORICAL THEMES --; CHAPTER FOUR. FATHERS AND DAUGHTERS --; EPILOGUE: PAST AND PRESENT --; BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PRIMARY SOURCES --; INDEX; restricted access; Issued also in print N2 - Three major conventional figures dominated Hawthorne's romances: the noble Founding Father, the "narrow Puritan," and the rebellious daughter. Daniel Bell examines the ways in which Hawthorne used these and other conventional characters to formulate his own sense of New England history.Originally published in 1971.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905 UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400872244 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781400872244 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9781400872244.jpg ER -