Hawthorne A Life |
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Author:
| Wineapple, Brenda |
ISBN: | 978-0-375-40044-5 |
Publication Date: | Sep 2003 |
Publisher: | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
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Imprint: | Knopf |
Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | AUD $62.95 |
Book Description:
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Hawthorne's life, like his work, was extraordinary, a play of light and shadow, as daring in his youth and as haunted in the end as some of his great creations. Hawthorne captured his era in political homilies and enigmatic tales: stories of men and women isolated in their communities, burdened by their sexuality; people willing, or perhaps forced, to live a double life. An important biography that brings an age, and an artist, to life.
Hawthorne's life, like his work, was extraordinary, a play of light and shadow, as daring in his youth and as haunted in the end as some of his great creations. Hawthorne captured his era in political homilies and enigmatic tales: stories of men and women isolated in their communities, burdened by their sexuality; people willing, or perhaps forced, to live a double life. An important biography that brings an age, and an artist, to life.