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In one of his public disavowals of autobiography, Nathaniel Hawthorne informed his readers that external traits ""hide the man, instead of displaying him,"" directing them instead to ""look through the whole range of his fictitious characters, good and evil, in order to detect any of his essential traits."" In this multidimensional biography of America's first great storyteller, Edwin Haviland Miller answers Hawthorne's challenge and reveals the inner landscapes of this modest, magnetic man who hid himself in his fiction. Thomas Woodson hails Miller's account as ""the best biography o No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)813.3Literature English (North America) American fiction Middle 19th Century 1830-1861LC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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