Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-191) and index.
Contents:
Unholy dying in The scarlet letter -- "The custom-house," the secular pilgrim, and the happy death -- "Familial immortality" and the "dying of death" in The house of the seven gables -- From melancholy to mourning: death and politics in The Blithedale romance -- "Intimate equality": sacrifice and death in The marble faun.
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