The scarlet letter 1925-1975
From 1850s
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[edit] The Scarlet Letter 1925-1975
[edit] By Ashley Hudson
[edit] Reviews
[edit] Quotes From Reviews
1947- Frank Luther Mott "The Scarlet Letter totaled 4,000 copies, and gives the impression that it continued to have lively sale. The Ticknor records show that the first printing was of 2,500 copies, that the type was then distributed, and that it took well over a year to sell 6,000 copies." Golden Multitudes: The story of the Best Sellers in the United States.
1950- Warren I.Titus "This late addition to the publisher's Riverside Editions maintains the high standard of the series. The text should appeal to scholars since it is based upon the first edition of the classic and conforms to Hawthorne's own punctuation and usage. Harry Levin's introduction and notes prove useful: they are straightforward and sane with no questionable interpretations to be cloud the students approach." College Composition and Communication. George Peabody College for Teachers
1958- Sam S. Baskett "The Custom House" Introduction to The Scarlet Letter is often brushed aside as an artistic and thematic poor relation of the tale proper, mildly interesting in itself and undeniably there, but having little meaningful connection with the darkly resplandent main body of Hawthorn's masterpiece." Larzer Ziff, "The Ethical Dimensions" (May 1958) LXXIII
1968- John C. Gerber "The Scarlet Letter a novel about wayword Boston churchman. And it comes as no surprise to learn that Church Views denounced the novel, on its appearence, as a "dirty book." Englandwood cliffs, New Jersey:Prentice Hall;Inc 1968
[edit] Nathaniel Hawthorne
(July 4,1804- May 19,1864) Nathaniel Hawthorne was an American novelist during the 19th century. His first work he published, anonymously, a novel titled Fanshawe in 1828. In 1837 he published Twice-told tales. Hawthorne worked at a Custom House and was part of a transcendentalist Utopian community. The Scarlet Letter was published in 1850. After The Scarlet Letter there were a string of successful novels. Hawthorne's work really reflects his Puritan inspiration. His work is considered part of the Romatic movement. The Scarlet Letter became an immediate best-seller. In the next two years Hawthorne published two other successful novels, The House of Seven Gables(1851) and The Blithedale Romance (1852). Hawthorne died in Plymouth, New Hampshire. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathaniel_Hawthorne
[edit] Fun Facts About The Book
Full Title- The Scarlet Letter
Author- Nathaniel Hawthorne
Type of Work- Novel
Genre- Symbolic, semi- allegorical, romance
Time and Place Written- Salem and Concord Massachusetts;late 1840's
First Publication- 1850
Publisher- Ticknor, Reed, and Fields
Setting- Middle of the seventeenth Century, Boston Massachusetts
Symbols- The scarlet letter, Pearl, the town scaffold, the rosebush
http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/scarlet/facts.html
