296 Nathaniel Hawthorne

The History of Literature

Jacke Wilson

History, Books, Arts

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🗓️ 4 January 2021

⏱️ 56 minutes

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In this episode, Jacke discusses the life and works of Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864), including his major themes, the distinction he drew between "romances" and "novels," his friendship with Herman Melville, his childhood in Salem, and his uneasy relationship with his Puritan ancestors. We also declare a Tweet of the Week (which fits right into our Hawthorne discussion) and look ahead to our deep dive into Hawthorne's masterpiece, The Scarlet Letter (1850). Help support the show at patreon.com/literature or historyofliterature.com/shop. (We appreciate it!) Find out more at historyofliterature.com, jackewilson.com, or by following Jacke and Mike on Twitter at @thejackewilson and @literatureSC. Or send an email to [email protected]. New!!! Looking for an easy to way to buy Jacke a coffee? Now you can at paypal.me/jackewilson. Your generosity is much appreciated! The History of Literature Podcast is a member of Lit Hub Radio and the Podglomerate Network. Learn more at www.thepodglomerate.com/historyofliterature. *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter for more information about our shows, launches, and events. For more information on how The Podglomerate treats data, please see our Privacy Policy. Since you're listening to The History of Literature, we'd like to suggest you also try other Podglomerate shows surrounding literature, history, and storytelling like Storybound, Micheaux Mission, and The History of Standup. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The History of Literature Podcast is a member of the Podglamorate Network and LIT Hub Radio.
0:07.0	Hello, I'm Jack Wilson.
0:11.0	Welcome to The History of Literature. Okay, here we go. Happy New Year everyone. We are off to a great start.
0:34.0	Nathaniel Hawthorne.
0:36.0	I'm going to look at his life and works today and focus on the Scarlet
0:39.9	Letter in our next episode.
0:42.4	And we are having some new beginnings, a fresh new start.
0:47.0	Hard to believe that's possible after almost 300 episodes of the history of literature, but hey not who says we can't so we're going to have a
0:55.6	tweet of the week which will set up some of our themes today and then I'm going
1:00.2	to count down ten things to know about Nathaniel Hawthorne, maybe not a countdown, but I've listed ten things.
1:06.8	He's a hugely famous American writer, but maybe not well loved.
1:12.3	More respected than loved. More respected than loved, we might say, kind of like a Henry James, who of
1:18.1	course admired Hawthorne. Maybe that's why he admired Hawthorne.
1:22.5	Who are beloved authors?
1:23.8	Jane Austin comes to mind and the Brontes and Charles Dickens and
1:28.6	J.D. Salinger.
1:30.9	EB White, J.K. Rowling was, maybe still is, setting aside current political controversy.
1:40.0	Controversies. She was beloved.
1:43.2	beloved.
1:44.8	even a Thomas Hardy might qualify.
1:48.2	Thoreau was beloved by many in Cormac McCarthy, Arthur Conan Doyle, I would say his beloved Hemingway Fitzgerald, Agathichristy, Tolstoy and Dostiaevsky, Chekhov, Joyce, Kafka. But Hawthorne, Hawthorne is as famous as most of those names, but I'm not sure I'd say he appeals to people in the same way, more of a fierce way.
2:11.6	He can be very engaging, but he can also be difficult, seeming prickly,
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