Nathaniel Hawthorne

Nathaniel Hawthorne (July 4, 1804 – May 19, 1864) was a 19th century American novelist and short story writer. He is seen as a key figure in the development of American literature.

External links

• Eric Eldred's excellent Hawthorne site at Eldritch Press contains all of Hawthorne's works, notes on the writings, annotated editions,and lots of other information.
• The Hawthorne in Salem Website was funded in May of 2000 by a three-year grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and is a collaborative effort of North Shore Community College in Danvers, Massachusetts, and three Salem, Massachusetts museums with important Hawthorne collections.
• Herman Melville's appreciation, "Hawthorne and His Mosses" (1850)
• Henry James's important book-length study, Hawthorne (1879)
• WBUR's celebration of Nathaniel Hawthorne at 200, http://www.wbur.org/arts/2005/48691_20050101.asp, with links to NPR's "The Connection" on Hawthorne's birthday, as well as an interview with author Phillip McFarland.
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