内容简介
《〈红字〉解读》为《红字》解读全英文版。Uponitspublicationin1850.TheScarletLettershockedtilenationbyboldlyconfronting“forbidden”topicsincludingsexualmisconductofsocietysleaders,theplightofsinglemothers,theseparationofchurchandstate,Now.nostudyofAmmicanhistowiscompletewithoutthoroughexaminationofNathanielHawthornestimekssmasterpiece.Thismuttidisciptinarystudyofthenovelcontainshistoricaldocuments,collateralreadings,andcommentary.Inshort,itistheidealcompaninnforstudentswhowishtofullyunderstandthenovelinthecontextofitstime.andtounlockitscurrentrelevance.AmongthematerialsareoriginalI7th-centurydocumentsthatilluminatePuritanattitudesandbringtheSalemwitchcrafttrialstolife,privatejournals,historicalreports.19h-centrury,magazinearticles,sketches,andnewspaperstories.Manyofthedocumentsareavailableinnootherprinledform.Notonlydolhesematerialsprovideatasteof17th-centuryPuritanculture.buttheyalsoglimpsetoHawthornesmindasheconiestotermswithhiswitch-huntingancestorsandhisvocation,Mostimportantly,thiscasebookcontemplatesthemanyissuesraisedbyTheScorletLetterwhichinextricablylinkthe17th-ccnturvPutianstothe19th-centnrycultureofHawthornetothepresent.