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Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804–1864)

Autor de La Letra Escarlata

769+ Obras 67,032 Miembros 727 Reseñas 154 Preferidas
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Nathaniel Hawthorne was born on July 4, 1804 in Salem, Massachusetts. When he was four years old, his father died. Years later, with financial help from his maternal relatives who recognized his literary talent, Hawthorne was able to enroll in Bowdoin College. Among his classmates were the mostrar más important literary and political figures Horatio Bridge, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and Franklin Pierce. These friends supplied Hawthorne with employment during the early years after graduation while Hawthorne was still establishing himself as a legitimate author. Hawthorne's first novel, Fanshawe, which he self-published in 1828, wasn't quite the success that he had hoped it would be. Not willing to give up, he began writing stories for Twice-Told Tales. These stories established Hawthorne as a leading writer. In 1842, Hawthorne moved to Concord, Massachusetts, where he wrote a number of tales, including "Rappaccini's Daughter" and "Young Goodman Brown," that were later published as Mosses from an Old Manse. The overall theme of Hawthorne's novels was a deep concern with ethical problems of sin, punishment, and atonement. No one novel demonstrated that more vividly than The Scarlet Letter. This tale about the adulterous Puritan Hester Prynne is regarded as Hawthorne's best work and is a classic of American literature. Other famous novels written by Hawthorne include The House of Seven Gables and The Blithedale Romance. In 1852, Hawthorne wrote a campaign biography of his college friend Franklin Pierce. After Pierce was elected as President of the United States, he rewarded Hawthorne with the Consulship at Liverpool, England. Hawthorne died in his sleep on May 19, 1864, while on a trip with Franklin Pierce. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Nota de desambiguación:

(eng) Hawthorne added the 'w' to his last name out of guilt and shame due to the fact that his ancestor was Judge Hathorne at the famous Salem Witch Trials.

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Series

Obras de Nathaniel Hawthorne

La Letra Escarlata (1850) — Autor — 35,645 copias
La casa de los siete tejados (1851) 8,430 copias
Cuentos contados dos veces (1837) 1,712 copias
Historia del valle feliz (1852) 1,636 copias
The Marble Faun (1860) 1,388 copias
Tanglewood Tales (1853) 1,310 copias
Hawthorne's Short Stories (1946) 450 copias
Selected Tales and Sketches (1987) 426 copias
The Portable Hawthorne (1948) 326 copias
Four Great American Classics (1969) 318 copias
Selected Tales and Sketches (1950) 295 copias
Young Goodman Brown (1993) — Autor — 243 copias
LA HIJA DE RAPPACCINI (1844) 229 copias
The Great Stone Face (1889) 216 copias
The Scarlet Letter (1850) — Autor — 200 copias
Haunting Tales (1980) 135 copias
The Minister's Black Veil (1979) 106 copias
Wakefield (1985) 94 copias
The Golden Touch (1934) 77 copias
The Birthmark (1968) 71 copias
The House of Seven Gables (2000) 68 copias
Classics Illustrated #06: The Scarlet Letter (1990) — Autor — 58 copias
Fanshawe (1828) 57 copias
The Celestial Railroad (1980) 56 copias
Our Old Home (1863) 47 copias
Doctor Grimshawe's Secret (1882) 45 copias
The Devil in Manuscript (1990) 37 copias
Dr. Heidegger's Experiment (1837) 37 copias
My Kinsman, Major Molineux (2002) 33 copias
Racconti neri e fantastici (1994) 31 copias
Septimius Felton (1876) 27 copias
Racconti narrati due volte (1983) 25 copias
Twice-Told Tales, Volume I (1876) 25 copias
The American Notebooks (1972) 22 copias
Life of Franklin Pierce (1852) 21 copias
Three Complete Novels (1995) 19 copias
The Artist of the Beautiful (1844) 17 copias
The Three Golden Apples (1981) 17 copias
The Dolliver Romance (1977) 17 copias
The Ambitious Guest (2013) — Autor — 15 copias
Biographical stories (1886) 13 copias
El espantapájaros (1846) 13 copias
Great Classic Stories II: Eighteen Unabridged Classics (2010) — Contribuidor — 13 copias
Tales (1978) 12 copias
The Golden Fleece (1936) 12 copias
The Maypole of Merry Mount (1837) 12 copias
The Christmas Banquet (2010) 10 copias
The Scarlet Letter [1979 TV mini series] (2003) — Autor — 10 copias
The Minotaur (1979) 9 copias
Stories (1978) 9 copias
Selected Tales (1982) 8 copias
Relatos de hombres lobos y otra (1997) — Contribuidor — 8 copias
Hawthorne (2015) 7 copias
Contes et récits (1996) 7 copias
The Gentle Boy (2010) 7 copias
The Great Carbuncle (2017) 7 copias
The Man of Adamant (2012) 6 copias
David Swan [short story] (2014) 6 copias
Wakefield - Ethan Brand. (2003) 6 copias
Main-Street (2008) 6 copias
In colonial days, (2012) 5 copias
Unheimliche Erzählungen (2007) 5 copias
A Bell's Biography (2012) 5 copias
Sketches and Studies (2012) 5 copias
A Book of Autographs (2007) 5 copias
Vijf Amerikaanse novellen (1985) 5 copias
Histoires fantastiques (2012) 5 copias
From Twice Told Tales (2002) 5 copias
The Paradise of Children (2005) 5 copias
Le Hall de l'imagination (2006) 5 copias
Twice-Told Tales. Vol 2 (2008) 4 copias
Opere scelte (1994) 4 copias
Contes (1993) 4 copias
A Letra Encarnada (2009) 4 copias
Sketches from Memory (2012) 4 copias
The Wedding-Knell (2013) 4 copias
A dama de branco (1991) 4 copias
CUANDO LA TIERRA ERA NINA (2003) 4 copias
Erzählungen (1977) 3 copias
An Old Woman's Tale (2012) 3 copias
The Great Stone Face (1991) 3 copias
Wakerfield (1985) 3 copias
A Select Party (2012) 3 copias
A Rill from the Town Pump (2012) 3 copias
Rappaccini's Daughter [1980 film] (1980) — Autor — 3 copias
Mosses From An Old Manse (1898) 3 copias
Sights from a steeple (2012) 3 copias
Hawthornes Short Stories (1946) 3 copias
Tales of the White Hills (1889) 3 copias
Wakefield y otros relatos (2004) 3 copias
I capolavori 2 copias
The Classic Gothic Horror Collection (2021) — Contribuidor — 2 copias
Poems (1967) 2 copias
Gli eroi e l'avventura (1991) 2 copias
relats desconcertants (1985) 2 copias
The Snow Image 2 copias
Cuentos tenebrosos (1996) 2 copias
The Hawthorne Collection (2008) 2 copias
Tales contes (1968) 2 copias
Tutti i racconti (2006) 2 copias
Contes étranges (2014) 2 copias
Rappaccini'nin Kizi (2016) 1 copia
Contos 1 copia
LA LETRA ESCARLATA (1985) 1 copia
MISTERIOSOS 1 copia
The Wayside 1 copia
Pandora's Box (1952) 1 copia
Miti greci 1¦ ( I) — Autor — 1 copia
Miti greci 2¦ ( I) — Autor — 1 copia
Romanzi 1 copia
The Outsider 1 copia
The Ancestral Footstep (2004) 1 copia
A Dama Velada 1 copia
Notes Of Travel - Vol II (2008) 1 copia
Novelly 1 copia
The Pomegranate Seeds (2015) 1 copia
The Dragon's Teeth (2016) 1 copia
The Pygmies (2014) 1 copia
La vergine dei veleni (1987) 1 copia
Danevelloù (1988) 1 copia
Old Esther Dudley (1990) 1 copia
Europa e Pandora (2003) 1 copia

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Etiquetado

Conocimiento común

Nombre legal
Hathorne, Nathaniel
Otros nombres
Boyce, Ashley A.
Oberon
Aubépine, M.
Fecha de nacimiento
1804-07-04
Fecha de fallecimiento
1864-05-19
Lugar de sepultura
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Género
male
Nacionalidad
USA
Lugar de nacimiento
Salem, Massachusetts, USA
Lugar de fallecimiento
Plymouth, New Hampshire, USA
Lugares de residencia
Salem, Massachusetts, USA (birth)
Concord, Massachusetts, USA
Plymouth, New Hampshire, USA (death)
West Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA
Rock Ferry, England, UK
Brook Farm, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Educación
Bowdoin College (BA|1825)
Ocupaciones
weigher (Boston Common House)
surveyor (Salem Custom House)
writer
author
novelist
Relaciones
Hawthorne, Julian (son)
Lathrop, Rose Hawthorne (daughter)
Hawthorne, Hildegarde (granddaughter)
Hawthorne, Sophia Peabody (wife)
Peabody, Elizabeth Palmer (sister-in-law)
Melville, Herman (friend) (mostrar todos 12)
Pierce, Franklin (friend)
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Sr. (friend)
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth (friend)
Hillard, George Stillman (friend)
Bridge, Horatio (friend)
Alcott, Louisa May (student)
Organizaciones
Phi Beta Kappa (1824)
Premios y honores
The Hall of Fame for Great Americans (1900)
Biografía breve
Nathaniel Hawthorne (July 4, 1804 – May 19, 1864) was an American novelist, dark romantic, and short story writer. His works often focus on history, morality, and religion.

He was born in 1804 in Salem, Massachusetts, to Nathaniel Hathorne and the former Elizabeth Clarke Manning. His ancestors include John Hathorne, the only judge involved in the Salem witch trials who never repented of his actions. He entered Bowdoin College in 1821, was elected to Phi Beta Kappa in 1824, and graduated in 1825. He published his first work in 1828, the novel Fanshawe; he later tried to suppress it, feeling that it was not equal to the standard of his later work. He published several short stories in periodicals, which he collected in 1837 as Twice-Told Tales. The next year, he became engaged to Sophia Peabody. He worked at the Boston Custom House and joined Brook Farm, a transcendentalist community, before marrying Peabody in 1842. The couple moved to The Old Manse in Concord, Massachusetts, later moving to Salem, the Berkshires, then to The Wayside in Concord. The Scarlet Letter was published in 1850, followed by a succession of other novels. A political appointment as consul took Hawthorne and family to Europe before their return to Concord in 1860. Hawthorne died on May 19, 1864, and was survived by his wife and their three children.

Much of Hawthorne's writing centers on New England, many works featuring moral metaphors with an anti-Puritan inspiration. His fiction works are considered part of the Romantic movement and, more specifically, dark romanticism. His themes often center on the inherent evil and sin of humanity, and his works often have moral messages and deep psychological complexity. His published works include novels, short stories, and a biography of his college friend Franklin Pierce, the 14th President of the United States.
Aviso de desambiguación
Hawthorne added the 'w' to his last name out of guilt and shame due to the fact that his ancestor was Judge Hathorne at the famous Salem Witch Trials.

Miembros

Debates

(M47'12) The House of the Seven Gables, Nathaniel Hawthorne en World Reading Circle (octubre 2012)
What if LOA mirrors another edition? en Library of America Subscribers (abril 2012)
The Scarlet Letter en Someone explain it to me... (enero 2012)

Reseñas

Las historias reunidas en estas Leyendas del Bosque Frondoso evocan un tiempo que la fantasía mantendrá eterno: el de los hermosos mitos de la Grecia clásica, con sus dioses antropomórficos, sus dragones, gigantes, minotauros, sus extraños amores y traiciones, sus palacios encantados y héroes de epopeya y ficción.
Continuando el objetivo que Nathaniel Hawthorne se marcara con El Libro de las Maravillas para Chicos y Chicas (nº 18 de La Cuna de Ulises), nos ofrece nuevamente la oportunidad de seguir disfrutando con la primera infancia del mundo, cuando “el mal aún no existía; y el dolor, la desgracia y el crimen no eran sino sombras que la imaginación desbocada inventaba a fin de paliar un poco el exceso luminoso de la realidad”.
Se trata, en suma, de un clásico de la literatura juvenil de todos los tiempos, presentado por primera vez en castellano gracias a la bellísima versión de José Kozer.
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Denunciada
LaComarca | Oct 8, 2022 |
Four chilling gothic tales of guilt, sin and redemption
 
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Daniel464 | otra reseña | Jun 30, 2022 |
Wakefield. Este cuento de Hawthorne pertenece a la segunda serie de Twice-Told Tales, publicada en Boston en 1842. Fuera de un parmonioso elogio de Poe y de alguna ocasional interpretación de índole biográfica -Wakefield sería un símbolo de Hawthrone- la crítica parece haber ignorado esta composición admirable. Hawthorne, en otras páginas, se apoya en un pasado romántico; en esta, la materia es contemporánea y el interés procede a la singular psicología del protagonista. Wakefild, como fantasía de la conducta, como estudio patético de las posibilidades humanas, anticipa el Bartleby (1856) de Melville y las invenciones de Kafka.
- Jorge Luis Borges
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Daniel464 | Mar 13, 2022 |
En la ciudad puritana de Boston, una multitud se reúne en junio de 1642 para presenciar el castigo de Hester Prynne, una joven declarada culpable de adulterio y condenada a llevar una "A" escarlata de adúltera en su vestido para su vergüenza. La sentencia le obliga a permanecer durante tres horas en la picota expuesta a la humillación pública. A pesar de las presiones para que confiese el nombre del padre de su hija, Hester se niega.

El esposo de Hester, que llevaba tiempo desaparecido en el mar, aparece a tiempo para presenciar el castigo y enterarse del adulterio de su esposa. Encolerizado, se hace pasar por el médico Roger Chillingworth para intentar descubrir al amante de su esposa.

Chillingworth visita a Hester en la cárcel y la obliga a ocultar su identidad. Tras su liberación, Hester se instala en las afueras y se gana la vida como costurera. A medida que crece, su hija Pearl se convierte en una chica caprichosa y rebelde, y los miembros de la iglesia sugieren que Pearl sea apartada de su madre. Hester apela al reverendo Dimmesdale en la desesperación, y el ministro convence al gobernador para que Pearl permanezca bajo su cuidado.

Dimmesdale enferma y Chillingworth se instala en su casa. Chillingworth sospecha que la enfermedad del ministro se debe a un sentimiento de culpabilidad, y mientras lo trata, descubre una marca de nacimiento que confirma sus sospechas.

Tras un inspirado sermón, Dimmesdale sube a la picota, confiesa públicamente su pecado y muere en brazos de Hester. Chillingworth, que ha perdido el objeto de su venganza, fallece poco después, dejando a Pearl una herencia considerable.

Años después, Hester regresa a casa y vuelve a usar la letra escarlata. Al morir, la entierran junto a Dimmesdale y sobre la tumba de ambos se coloca una sencilla lápida de pizarra grabada con un escudo: en campo de sable, una letra A de gules (en un campo negro una letra A roja).
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