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SUMMARY:Nathaniel Hawthorne: Twice-Told Tales
DESCRIPTION:When Henry James came to write his short classic book on his 
 predecessor Nathaniel Hawthorne (who was an important influence on James)
 \\, he wrote\\, with tongue in cheek\\, a description of the cultural and
  social wasteland that an ambitious American writer faced in Hawthorne’
 s day in finding material for fiction:\\nNo sovereign\\, no court\\,&#823
 0\\;no aristocracy\\, no church\\,&#8230\\;no army\\, no diplomatic servi
 ce\\, no country gentlemen\\, no palaces\\, no castles\\, nor manors\\, n
 or old country-houses\\, nor parsonages\\, nor thatched cottages nor ivie
 d ruins\\; no cathedrals\\, nor abbeys\\, nor little Norman churches\\; n
 o great Universities nor public schools\\; no literature\\, no novels\\, 
 no museums\\, no pictures\\, no political society\\, no sporting class&#8
 230\\;. Some such list as that might be drawn up of the absent things in 
 American life\\, the effect of which\\,&#8230\\;upon an English or a Fren
 ch imagination\\, would probably as a general thing be appalling.\\nAnd y
 et Hawthorne\\, as James well knew\\, in his most memorable works created
  a brilliant array of imaginative fictions drawn from the riches of New E
 ngland life—its legends\\, tall tales\\, landscapes\\, and history. Rat
 her than being appalled\\, Hawthorne\\, as James well knew\\, in his most
  memorable works created a brilliant array of imaginative fictions drawn 
 from the riches of New England life—its legends\\, tall tales\\, landsc
 apes\\, and history\\nThis Delve seminar will focus on Hawthorne’s shor
 t stories—among the most thrilling\\, strange\\, and memorable in the A
 merican canon. We will explore his first collection of stories\\, Twice-T
 old Tales (1837\\, 1851) as well as a small selection of extraordinary la
 ter stories.\\nHawthorne worked his American materials in a diverse range
  of genres—horror\\, the gothic\\, romance\\, the fantastic\\, moral ta
 les\\, allegory—and narrative subjects—ambiguities of love and loss\\
 , gender and sex\\, guilt\\, conflicts between authority and non-conformi
 sts\\, secrets\\, science and magic\\, modernity and tradition\\, past an
 d present\\, shadows\\, and a repudiation of tyranny.\\nWhat marks all th
 e works we will delve into during this seminar is mystery\\, ambiguity\\,
  thrills and chills\\, and a keen sense of the ways in which power seeks 
 to dominate the individual. These characteristics alone make him our cont
 emporary.\\nWriter and Hawthorne fan Rosemary Mahoney writes:\\nWhatever 
 form they take\\, Twice-Told Tales\\, like salt and sugar on daily staple
 s\\, are a kind of splendid seasoning\\, coaxing into acuteness the full\
 \, strange flavor of life&#8230\\;. Sit this evening by your brownest lam
 p and read these stories. If you find yourself unstirred\\, unengaged\\, 
 un-creeped\\, then perhaps—and I propose this in the politest way possi
 ble—you should check your pulse.\\nTexts:\\nWe will use the Modern Libr
 ary Classics edition of Twice-Told Tales\\, with an introduction by Mahon
 ey\\, plus a few stories from his other collections of short stories to b
 e supplied in pdf. These will include the proto-feminist male-gaze horror
  story “The Birthmark.”\\nAccess Program\\nWe want our writing classe
 s and seminars to be accessible to everyone\\, regardless of income and b
 ackground. We understand that our tuition structure can present obstacles
  for some people. Our Access Program offers writing class and seminar tui
 tions at a reduced rate. Most writing classes have at least one access sp
 ot available.\\nPlease apply here for access rate tuition. Contact Susan 
 Moore at susan@literary-arts.org if you have questions.\\nLiaison positio
 n\\nEvery in-person class and seminar at Literary Arts has one liaison po
 sition. Liaisons perform specific duties for each class meeting. If you a
 re a liaison for a class or seminar\\, the full amount of your tuition is
  covered by Literary Arts.\\nApply here for the liaison position.\\nhttps
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