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The Blithedale Romance, considered one of Hawthorne's major novels, explores the limitations of human nature set against an experiment in communal living. From mesmerism to illicit love, The Blithedale Romance represents one of Hawthorne's best and most sharply etched works--one that Henry James called his "brightest" and "liveliest" novel, and that Roy Male, acclaimed Americanist scholar, said is "one of the most underrated works in American fiction."
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Fiction, Communal living, Farm life, Collective farms, History, Utopias, Sources, Collective settlements, Classic Literature, Literature, Psychological fiction, open_syllabus_project, Blithedale romance (Hawthorne, Nathaniel), American fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, psychological, Massachusetts, fiction, Large type books, Criticism and interpretation, Fiction, general, Critique et interprétation, Roman américain, Hawthorne, nathaniel , 1804-1864, Collective settlements--history--sources, Collective settlements--united states--history--sources, Communal living--fiction, Collective farms--fiction, Farm life--fiction, Social conditions, Ps1855.a2 c35 1996, 813/.3Places
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The Blithedale romance: an authoritative text, backgrounds and sources, criticism
1978, Norton
in English
- 1st ed.
0393044491 9780393044492
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A superb depiction of a utopian community that cannot survive the individual passions of its members. In language that is suggestive and often erotic, Nathaniel Hawthorne tells a tale of failed possibilities and multiple personal betrayals as he explores the contrasts between what his characters espouse and what they actually experience in an 'ideal' community. A theme of unrealized sexual possibilities serves as a counterpoint to the other failures at Blithedale: class and sex distinctions are not eradicated, and communal work on the farm proves personally unrewarding and economically disastrous. Based in part on Hawthorne's own experiences at Brook Farm, an experimental socialist community, The Blithedale Romance is especially timely in light of renewed interest in self-sufficient and other cooperative societies.
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