{"product_id":"the-scarlet-letter-new-critical-essays-9783631743393","title":"The Scarlet Letter. New Critical Essays","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is a collection of critical essays on Nathaniel Hawthorne’s \u003cem\u003eThe Scarlet Letter\u003c\/em\u003e (1850) – one of the most influential American works of fiction. The presented interpretations deal not only with the principal characters of the novel, but also with «The Custom-House», the Spanish sailors, the Book of Revelations, and the artist as adulterer. The critical tools employed include allegory, the \u003cem\u003eBiedermeier\u003c\/em\u003e, hermeneutical exposition, semiosis of the \u003cem\u003einfans\u003c\/em\u003e, and triangular desire.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis publication is dedicated to the memory of Andrzej Kopcewicz (1934-2007), the first \u003cem\u003eprofessor ordinarius\u003c\/em\u003e of American literature in the history of English studies in Poland, on the tenth anniversary of his death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoseph Kuhn – The children of Pearl: \u003cem\u003eThe Scarlet Letter\u003c\/em\u003e in the criticism and fiction of Henry James – Marek Paryż – Resettlement, mobility and modernity in \u003cem\u003eThe Scarlet Letter\u003c\/em\u003e – Janusz Semrau – From the Spanish Main to the Book of Revelation; or, Another view of Hester – Pawel Stachura – The Custom-House as a Biedermeier text – Jørgen Veisland – The artist as adulterer \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peter Lang AG","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51044414947671,"sku":"9783631743393","price":35.46,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-scarlet-letter-new-critical-essays-9783631743393","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}