Hawthorne's Histories, Hawthorne's World

Hawthorne¿s Literary History collects together the essays Professor Colacurcio has written on Hawthorne since the publication of his ground-breaking Province of Piety, elaborating and refining his analyses of how Hawthorne¿s most memorable early tales ¿do history,¿ but proceeding then to explore the later productions of that author¿s distinguished career.