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- Title
"I saw a concourse of strange figures": The Masque, Voyeurism, and Coverdale's Self-Consciousness in The Blithedale Romance.
- Authors
Martin, Michael S.
- Abstract
A literary criticism of the book "The Blithedale Romance" by Nathaniel Hawthorne is presented. It outlines the dramatization of the English masque tradition featuring the pagan celebration of Midsummer's Eve and melodramatic presence of anti-Puritan ideology. It explores the use of first-person narrative to the novel's genre's traits. It also examines the presence of Masque, self-consciousness and voyeurism in Miltonic masque tradition.
- Subjects
BLITHEDALE Romance, The (Book : Hawthorne); HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel, 1804-1864; FIRST person narrative; VOYEURISM in literature; SELF-consciousness (Awareness) in literature; PURITANS in literature
- Publication
Nathaniel Hawthorne Review, 2014, Vol 40, Issue 2, p85
- ISSN
0890-4197
- Publication type
Literary Criticism