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A book that aims both to demystify and to reconstitute 'Hawthorne' as an object of study by rereading Hawthorne's fictions, mainly those from the early 1840's to 1860, in the context of the emergence of a distinctively middle-class personal life (the domestic emotional revolution that accompanied the industrial revolution.

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"Pfister merges the best of both new historical and cultural studies in his treatment of the novels and the cultural ambivalence—about domesticity, motherhood, and the middle class—that Hawthorne's career illustrates."—Studies in Short Fiction
"A provocative yet sensible reading, a welcome contribution to debates on Hawthorne's gender politics and to the new scholarship in domestic ideology."—American Literature

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Contents 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

The Production of Personal Life Class Gender and

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      Publisher: Stanford University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/12/1991
      ISBN13: 9780804719483, 978-0804719483
      ISBN10: 0804719489

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A book that aims both to demystify and to reconstitute 'Hawthorne' as an object of study by rereading Hawthorne's fictions, mainly those from the early 1840's to 1860, in the context of the emergence of a distinctively middle-class personal life (the domestic emotional revolution that accompanied the industrial revolution.

      Trade Review
      "Pfister merges the best of both new historical and cultural studies in his treatment of the novels and the cultural ambivalence—about domesticity, motherhood, and the middle class—that Hawthorne's career illustrates."—Studies in Short Fiction
      "A provocative yet sensible reading, a welcome contribution to debates on Hawthorne's gender politics and to the new scholarship in domestic ideology."—American Literature

      Table of Contents
      Contents 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

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