Nathaniel Hawthorne was a well-known and highly honored American novelist of the 19th century, who has had a positive and profound influence on the development of Western Literature, especially on novel writing. His w...Nathaniel Hawthorne was a well-known and highly honored American novelist of the 19th century, who has had a positive and profound influence on the development of Western Literature, especially on novel writing. His works-The Scarlet letter is world-wide recognized as a classic, which makes him an eternal radiant in American literature. This paper aims at introducing and analysing the background against which he was brought up and also the conceptive process of his works especially The Scarlet Letter and others.展开更多
文摘Nathaniel Hawthorne was a well-known and highly honored American novelist of the 19th century, who has had a positive and profound influence on the development of Western Literature, especially on novel writing. His works-The Scarlet letter is world-wide recognized as a classic, which makes him an eternal radiant in American literature. This paper aims at introducing and analysing the background against which he was brought up and also the conceptive process of his works especially The Scarlet Letter and others.