Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter

• Author(s): Harold Bloom,
• Publisher: Bloom's Literary Criticism
• Pages: 209
• ISBN_10: 0791094243
  ISBN_13: 9780791094242
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Juvenile Nonfiction / Literary Criticism & Collections , Juvenile Fiction / Classics , Literary Criticism / American / General , Literary Criticism / Subjects & Themes / Women ,

Description:... An allegorical tale of passion, adultery, guilt, and social repression, Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter introduces readers to Hester Prynne, America's first fictional heroine. Hawthorne's story is a masterpiece of American fiction, and this updated volume from the Bloom's Modern Critical Interpretations series explores how the author powerfully conveys its theme of the puritanical influence on societal attitudes.