Nathaniel Hawthorne short fiction canon

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The Nathaniel Hawthorne short fiction canon is the recognized body of Hawthorne’s shorter works—such as tales, sketches, and stories—that exemplify his dark romantic style and enduring influence on American literature.

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instanceOf American short fiction canon
body of work
literary canon
associatedWith Nathaniel Hawthorne
countryOfOrigin United States
criticalReception highly influential in American literary history
hasForm short story
sketch
tale
hasGenre Gothic fiction
allegorical fiction
dark romanticism
includesCollection Mosses from an Old Manse
The Scarlet Letter and Other Writings (short fiction selections)
The Snow-Image, and Other Twice-Told Tales
linked to: The Snow-Image

Twice-Told Tales
includesWork Dr. Heidegger's Experiment
Ethan Brand
Feathertop
My Kinsman, Major Molineux
Rappaccini's Daughter
Roger Malvin's Burial
The Ambitious Guest
The Artist of the Beautiful
The Birth-Mark
The Celestial Railroad
The Christmas Banquet
The Devil in Manuscript
The Gentle Boy
The Gray Champion
The Great Stone Face
The Haunted Mind
The Hollow of the Three Hills
The Lily's Quest
The Man of Adamant
The May-Pole of Merry Mount
The Minister's Black Veil
The New Adam and Eve
The Prophetic Pictures
The Seven Vagabonds
The Shaker Bridal
The Snow-Image
The Vision of the Fountain
The Wives of the Dead
Wakefield
Young Goodman Brown
influenced American Gothic short fiction
symbolist short fiction
language English
literaryMovement American Romanticism
Dark Romanticism
linked to: Gothic literature
studiedIn American literature courses
theme Puritanism
guilt
moral ambiguity
psychological conflict
sin
timePeriod 19th century

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