In Hawthorne's Shadow

"e;The world is so sad and solemn,"e; wrote Nathaniel Hawthorne, "e;that things meant in jest are liable, by an overwhelming influence, to become dreadful earnest; gaily dressed fantasies turning to ghostly and black-clad images of themselves."e; From the radical dualism of Hawthorne's vision, Samuel Coale argues, springs a continuing tradition in the American novel. In Hawthorne's Shadow is the f...