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Transatlantic Allusions and Illusions in The Blithedale Romance 《Blithedale Romance》中的跨大西洋典故与幻想

Nathaniel Hawthorne Review Pub Date : 2017-03-22 DOI: 10.5325/nathhawtrevi.43.1.0019

L. Buonomo

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Introduction to Transatlanticism and The Blithedale Romance 《跨大西洋主义概论》和《Blithedale Romance》

Nathaniel Hawthorne Review Pub Date : 2017-03-22 DOI: 10.5325/nathhawtrevi.43.1.0001

Michael Demson, Derek Pacheco

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“Our new arrangement of the world”: Anna Leonowens, Francis George Shaw, and Anti-colonial Fourierist Dissent in The Blithedale Romance “我们对世界的新安排”:安娜·利奥诺文斯，弗朗西斯·乔治·肖，以及《布利斯代尔罗曼史》中反殖民主义的傅里叶主义者的异议

Nathaniel Hawthorne Review Pub Date : 2017-03-22 DOI: 10.5325/nathhawtrevi.43.1.0035

Billie Hunt

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The Salem Belle: A Tale of 1692 塞勒姆美女:1692年的故事

Nathaniel Hawthorne Review Pub Date : 2017-03-22 DOI: 10.5325/nathhawtrevi.43.1.0121

L. Bertani, Vozar Newman

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Immersive Words: Mass Media, Visuality, and American Literature, 1839–1893 沉浸式词汇:大众传媒、视觉性和美国文学，1839-1893

Nathaniel Hawthorne Review Pub Date : 2016-10-01 DOI: 10.5325/nathhawtrevi.42.2.0071

Daniel K. Hannah

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Along the Wayside 在路边

Nathaniel Hawthorne Review Pub Date : 2016-10-01 DOI: 10.5325/nathhawtrevi.42.2.0082

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The Blithedale Romance Blithedale Romance

Nathaniel Hawthorne Review Pub Date : 2016-09-22 DOI: 10.5325/nathhawtrevi.42.2.0069

Leland S. Person

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John Neal on Hawthorne and Poe in the New England Galaxy of 1835 约翰·尼尔论1835年新英格兰星系中的霍桑和爱伦·坡

Nathaniel Hawthorne Review Pub Date : 2016-09-22 DOI: 10.5325/nathhawtrevi.42.2.0022

Richard Kopley

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Gothic Subjects: The Transformation of Individualism in American Fiction, 1790–1861 哥特题材:美国小说中个人主义的转变，1790-1861

Nathaniel Hawthorne Review Pub Date : 2016-09-22 DOI: 10.5860/choice.185558

M. Cody

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Tomorrow's Parties: Sex and the Untimely in Nineteenth-Century America 《明天的派对:19世纪美国的性与不合时宜

Nathaniel Hawthorne Review Pub Date : 2016-09-22 DOI: 10.5325/nathhawtrevi.42.2.0073

M. Bresky

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