{"product_id":"the-historians-scarlet-letter-reading-nathaniel-hawthornes-masterpiece-as-social-and-cultural-history-hardcover","title":"The Historian's Scarlet Letter: Reading Nathaniel Hawthorne's Masterpiece as Social and Cultural History - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMelissa Pennell\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis annotated edition of \u003ci\u003eThe Scarlet Letter\u003c\/i\u003e enhances student and reader comprehension of a standard work studied in literature classes, exploring names, places, objects, and allusions.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFascinated by colonial New England, shaped in part by his ancestors, Nathaniel Hawthorne recreated that world in his masterpiece, \u003ci\u003eThe Scarlet Letter\u003c\/i\u003e. A novel that has inspired generations of American authors and regularly appears on required reading lists, \u003ci\u003eThe Scarlet Letter\u003c\/i\u003e presents the story of a young woman who has violated the rules of her culture and suffers public exposure for her act. Men linked to her by love or law conceal their identities and motives through secrecy and silence. Together their lives unfold in 17th-century Massachusetts as Hawthorne envisioned it, exploring human experiences both particular to that historical moment and timeless. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHawthorne touches on the expectations of Puritan settlers and on the things they feared, including wilderness and the presence of Native Americans, witchcraft, and dissenting voices within their own community. Drawing on the perspective of a social and literary historian, Pennell offers annotations and supporting essays that explain these aspects of the novel's colonial world and that put characters, events, and allusions into their historical contexts, providing readers with greater understanding of a time that may seem far removed from our own yet remains a part of our cultural identity.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMelissa McFarland Pennell\u003c\/b\u003e, PhD, is professor of English at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. She regularly provides programs for library audiences and workshops for educators on Nathaniel Hawthorne and other authors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 296\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 9.3 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 12, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42118896582791,"sku":"9781440846984","price":122.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/933d33560b8254a9aeadf6dbcb0f2744.webp?v=1732537226","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-historians-scarlet-letter-reading-nathaniel-hawthornes-masterpiece-as-social-and-cultural-history-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}