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100 1 $aReynolds, Larry J.$q(Larry John),$d1942-
245 10 $aDevils and rebels :$bthe making of Hawthorne's damned politics /$cLarry J. Reynolds.
246 18 $aDevils & rebels
260 $aAnn Arbor :$bUniversity of Michigan Press,$cc2008.
300 $axix, 313 p. :$bill., map ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 287-304) and index.
505 0 $aRevolution and warfare -- Witchcraft and abolitionism -- Racism, slave narratives, and the body as evidence -- Accord in Concord -- Lies, specters, and the "black man" -- Transformative violence at home and abroad -- The stationary "fall" of a public intellectual.
520 $aWidely condemned even in his own time, Nathaniel Hawthorne's views on abolitionism and slavery are today frequently characterized by scholars as morally reprehensible. Devils and Rebels explores the historical and biographical record to reveal striking evidence of the author's true political values--values grounded in pacifism and resistant to the kind of binary thinking that could lead to violence and war. The book offers fresh readings of not only Hawthorne's four major romances but also some of his less familiar works like "Legends of the Province House," The Whole History of Grandfather's Chair, Journal of an African Cruiser, The Life of Franklin Pierce, and "Septimius Felton." Reynolds argues that Hawthorne--whether in his politics or his art--drew upon racialized imagery from America's past revolution and war on witchcraft to create a politics of quiet imagination, alert to the ways in which New England righteousness could become totalitarian by imposing its narrow view of the world on others. Meticulously researched and cogently argued, this groundbreaking work demonstrates the need to examine perspectives and values from beyond the New England region when studying the literary history of the American Renaissance and illuminates the difficulties faced by public intellectuals during times of political strife--an issue as relevant today as it was some one hundred and fifty years ago.
600 10 $aHawthorne, Nathaniel,$d1804-1864$xPolitical and social views.
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