Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-199) and index.
Contents:
From artifact to archetype / Margaret Reid. Sowing dragons' teeth : personal life and revolution in The scarlet letter / Joel Pfister -- The a-politics of ambiguity / Sacvan Bercovitch -- The scarlet letter and the language of history : past imperfect, present imperfect, future perfect? / Charles Swann -- Hester's skepticism, Hawthorne's faith; or, what does a woman doubt? instituting the American romance tradition / Emily Miller Budick -- "Apples of the thoughts and fancies" : nature as narrator in The scarlet letter / Janice B. Daniel -- Hawthorne and the making of the middle class / Michael T. Gilmore -- The dark labyrinth of mind : Hawthorne, Hester, and the ironies of racial mothering / Leland S. Person -- The matter of form / Richard Kopley -- From artifact to archetype / Margaret Reid.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.