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050 00 $aPS1868$b.M38 2012
090 $aPS1868$b.M34 2012
100 1 $aMcEntyre, Marilyn Chandler,$d1949-
245 00 $aReading like a serpent :$bwhat the scarlet a is about /$cMarilyn Chandler McEntyre.
260 $aEugene, Or. :$bWipf and Stock Publishers,$cc2012.
300 $aix, 134 p. ;$c23 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p.133-134).
505 0 $aPreface -- A prophet at play. Scripture reconsidered. Judge not -- Not by bread alone -- Become as little children -- Render unto Caesar -- Confess one to another -- Into the wilderness -- Those not against us -- Sick in prison -- A great price.
520 $a"Many remember The Scarlet Letter as required reading for reluctant sixteen year olds. The unnamed, elusive narrator of Hawthorne's 'tale of human frailty and sorrow' is--some readers might say maddeningly--indirect, ambiguous, and inconsistent. Readers who hope to arrive at satisfying judgments about the book's four iconic characters--Hester, Arthur, Roger, and Pearl--are often left to arrive at their conclusions by guess and inference. The narrator provides what seems to be willfully incomplete information. His point of view shifts from one moral or historical perspective to another without announcement or apology. Reading Like a Serpent invites readers to reconsider this American classic as Hawthorne's challenge to the American public to become more generous, versatile, and responsible readers--especially of the Bible, a book Hawthorne hoped to rescue from moralistic literalists and legalists, reminding us that 'the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.'"--Publisher's website.
600 10 $aHawthorne, Nathaniel,$d1804-1864.$tScarlet letter.
650 0 $aPuritans in literature.
650 0 $aWomen in literature.
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906 $0OCLC