Tag: Nathaniel Hawthorne

Literature

A Summary and Analysis of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s ‘Rappaccini’s Daughter’

‘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 […]

Literature

A Summary and Analysis of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s ‘The Artist of the Beautiful’

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 […]