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The Woman's Law in Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter

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Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationA Companion to the American Novel
PublisherJohn Wiley and Sons
Pages373-393
Number of pages21
ISBN (Print)9781405101196
DOIs
StatePublished - 30 Mar 2012

Keywords

  • Cult of True Womanhood
  • Hawthorne's Hester, archetype of Hester, virgin/nurturer type
  • Hawthorne's Hester, teaching women as the self-ordained "Sister of Mercy"
  • Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, celebration of Cult of True Womanhood
  • Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, famous and most taught American novel
  • Hawthorne, feeling the need as an observer, assessing human nature, politics
  • Human soul, exposing the darkness, psychology of the human heart
  • Major texts
  • The Scarlet Letter, born of great pain, a labor of love
  • Woman's law in Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter

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