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- Title
HAWTHORNE'S HUMANIST PROMETHEUS IN YOUNG GOODMAN BROWN AND THE MINISTER'S BLACK VEIL.
- Authors
XIAORUI DU
- Abstract
In this essay, I examine Nathaniel Hawthorne's humanism in Young Goodman Brown and The Minister's Black Veil. I argue that Hawthorne promotes a humanist world that prizes the intrinsic value of man above religious zeal or political ideology. In each of the two stories, the humanist world was inaugurated by its protagonist, whom I will analyse through invoking Prometheus, who was known for giving fire to humanity and being punished for it.
- Subjects
HUMANISM in literature; YOUNG Goodman Brown (Short story : Hawthorne); MINISTER'S Black Veil, The (Short story); HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel, 1804-1864; IDEOLOGY; PURITANS; 19TH century (Literary period)
- Publication
BAS - British & American Studies, 2023, Vol 29, p113
- ISSN
1224-3086
- Publication type
Literary Criticism
- DOI
10.35923/BAS.29.11