The Salem Witchcraft Hysteria of 1692 and "Young Goodman Brown"
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The Scarlet Letter, 1892 edition(courtesy of Dr. Philip Sbaratta}
This section
of the site offers information on "The Custom- House" chapter of The
Scarlet Letter and on six topics important to the life and work of Nathaniel
Hawthorne. The topics are:
The Custom House Sketch (subtopic: Fact and Fantasy)
Faith and Religion (subtopics: Hawthorne and the Ideas of Good and
Evil and Framework of Faith) This section refers to the following works
by Hawthorne:
"The Minister's Black Veil"
"Young Goodman Brown"
"Sunday at Home"
"David Swan"
"Fancy's Show-Box"
"Sunday at Home"
"The Village Uncle"
"Mrs. Hutchinson"
"The Hall of Fantasy"
"Monsieur Du Miroir"
"The Snow Image"
"The New Adam and Eve"
"The Man of Adamant"
"The Old Manse"
"The Procession of Life"
"The Great Stone Face"
"The Antique Ring"
"The May-Pole of Merrymount"
"My Kinsman, Major Molineux"
"Lady Eleanore's Mantle"
"Dr. Heidegger's Experiment" The Scarlet Letter The Blithedale Romance
Native Americans (subtopics: "Main Street," "Seven Vagabonds," The
Scarlet Letter, "The Duston Family") This section refers to
the following works by Hawthorne:
"Main-Street"
"Seven Vagabonds" The Scarlet Letter
"The Duston Family"
Women in Hawthorne (subtopics: Three Women in The House of the
Seven Gables, "Old Esther Dudley," "Rappaccini's Daughter," "Lady
Eleanore's Mantle" and The Scarlet Letter) This section refers
to the following works by Hawthorne:
"Rappaccini's Daughter"
"Old Esther Dudley"
"Lady Eleanore's Mantle" The House of the Seven Gables The Scarlet Letter
Quakers and Accused Witches (subtopics: Quakers, "Young Goodman Brown,"
"Alice Doane's Appeal," The House of the Seven Gables) This section
refers to the following works by Hawthorne:
"Young Goodman Brown" (appears in both the Quakers and the Witchcraft
subtopics)
"Alice Doane's Appeal"
"Main-Street"
"The Gentle Boy" The Scarlet Letter The House of the Seven Gables
Hawthorne and Melville (subtopic: Literary Links) This section refers
to the following works by Hawthorne:
"The Old Manse" The Blithedale Romance The Scarlet Letter
This section also refers to Melville's Moby-Dick.
Alienation and the Artist (subtopics: "Drowne's Wooden Image," "Ethan
Brand," "The Artist of the Beautiful," and Holgrave in The House
of the Seven Gables) This section refers to the following works
by Hawthorne:
"Ethan Brand"
"Drowne's Wooden Image"
"The Artist of the Beautiful"
"Feathertop"
"The Birth-mark" The House of the Seven Gables
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sketch which is from the Ohio State University Centenary edition, are from
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