First Published in 2002. This work reads Hawthorne's fiction inthe context of nineteenth-century medical and psuedomedical discourse that linked men of letters to debilitated invalids, a stereotype against which Hawthorne struggled throughout his career.
| ISBN: | 9780415866835 |
| Publication date: | 17th January 2014 |
| Author: | James N Mancall |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 224 pages |
| Series: | Studies in Major Literary Authors |
| Genres: |
Biography, Literature and Literary studies |