Category: nathaniel hawthorne

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What Lies Buried Beneath Our Feet in Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle’s “Even As We Breathe”

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A few weeks ago, I reread Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle’s debut novel Even As I Breathe for class. When I initially read the novel back in 2023, I found it engaging and important, but I did not really get into it until about halfway through the novel when the various threads throughout the story started to come together. This time, though, the book grabbed mu attention and … Read More What Lies Buried Beneath Our Feet in Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle’s “Even As We Breathe”

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Fears of Insurrection in Hawthorne’s “My Kinsman, Major Molineux.”

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Lately, I have been focusing on the Africanist presence in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The Minister’s Black Veil,” and this exploration has led me to consider it in other texts written by Hawthorne, specifically “My Kinsman, Major Molineux.” This examination intrigues me because while doing preliminary research, I have not seen many scholars address how Hawthorne explores concepts of race and even slavery in his early … Read More Fears of Insurrection in Hawthorne’s “My Kinsman, Major Molineux.”

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Race in Hawthorne’s “The Minister’s Black Veil”

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Last year, I wrote about Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The Minister’s Black Veil” and slavery. This semester, I taught the story again, and this time, I became more intrigued by the correlations between the Hawthorne’s tale and issues of race and abolitionism that circled around the nation during the period. The story originally appeared in the 1832 edition of The Token and Atlantic Souvenir; later, Hawthorne … Read More Race in Hawthorne’s “The Minister’s Black Veil”

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+ african american literature, airtight willie and me, american literature, gothic literature, iceberg slim, lonely suite, nathaniel hawthorne, Uncategorized, william faulkner

Iceberg Slim’s “Lonely Suite” and the Gothic

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Throughout Iceberg Slim’s literary career, he wrote to dissuade his readers away from the Life. As such, his stories of the urban ghettos of Chicago and the Midwest served as not just political critiques on an oppressive system but also as didactic narratives. Of course, some individuals misread these cues, as Slim himself writes about in “Rappin About the Pimp Game.” Today, I want … Read More Iceberg Slim’s “Lonely Suite” and the Gothic

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+ american literature, david walker, early american literature, edgar allan poe, gothic literature, nathaniel hawthorne, the minister's black veil, toni morrison, Uncategorized, william lloyd garrison

Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The Minister’s Black Veil” and Slavery

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Upon reading Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The Minster’s Black Veil” (1832), I began to think about the underlying cultural contexts surrounding the story’s initial publication. Namely, I started to think about it in relation to the issue of slavery and the abolitionist movement. While African or African American characters nor slavery appear in the story, the thematic elements lead me to consider Hawthorne’s story in relation … Read More Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The Minister’s Black Veil” and Slavery

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