By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University)
‘Young Goodman Brown’ is an 1835 short story by the American author Nathaniel Hawthorne. Inspired in part by the Salem witch craze of 1692, the story deals with a number of key themes. But what are the most prominent themes of Hawthorne’s story, and how should we approach and interpret their significance?
By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University)
Nathaniel Hawthorne’s 1835 short story ‘Young Goodman Brown’ is now regarded as one of his greatest works of short fiction. This powerful tale about good and evil, Puritanism and temptation, is full of revealing quotations which help to put across the story’s overarching ‘message’.
By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University)
‘Rappaccini’s Daughter’ is a short story by the American writer Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-64), first published in the United States Magazine and Democratic Review in December 1844. The story is about an Italian medical researcher who grows poisonous plants in his garden. His daughter grows up to be immune to all of the poisons – but is poisonous to others who come into contact with her.
By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University)
‘Young Goodman Brown’ is an 1835 short story by the American author Nathaniel Hawthorne. Inspired in part by the Salem witch craze of 1692, the story contains a number of powerful symbols. But how should we analyse the symbolism of the story?
Let’s take a closer look at the most important symbols in ‘Young Goodman Brown’. But first, a brief reminder of the story’s plot:
By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University)
Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short story ‘The Artist of the Beautiful’ has a curious claim to fame: it’s thought to be the first short story to contain a robotic insect. This intriguing tale is layered and rich in symbolism, so like so many of Hawthorne’s stories it requires some careful close analysis.