Hawthorne opinaba que muchas leyendas de la mitología clásica podían ser magníficas lecturas para los jóvenes. Por ello escogió media docena y las recreó, manteniendo su esencia, pero trasplantándolas a otras epocas. Asi, algunas de ellas estan envueltas en un ambiente gotico, y otras se desarrollan en la epoca del autor. Los titulos de estas leyendas son: La cabeza de la gorgona, El toque magico, El paraiso de los niños, Las tres manzanas de oro, El cantaro prodigioso y La quimera.
An intense psychological drama devoted to the burden of inherited guilt and the work of retribution. As always in Hawthorne, the greatest sin is the violation of the integrity of another person's
Irudimenez eta fantasiaz betetako kondaira guztiz ederra da Pertseorena, ekintza eta abentura etengabeak dituena, magia apur bat eta ausardia asko, gaizto erabat gaiztoak eta gazte heroi lirain eta bulartsuak, bidaia luzeak eta harritzeko moduko amaiera Hitz batean: istorio arrakastatsu batek behar dituen osagai guztiak.Mitologia klasikoa horrelako istorio zirraragarriz beterik dago, gaur egun, ikasketa mota horiek modaz kanpo gelditu direla-eta askori ezezaguna gertatzenn bazaio ere. Hala eta guztiz, ziur gaude horrelako liburu atseginek lagunduko dutela, neurri batean behintzat, gure jakintzaren zulo hori estaltzen. Gure bihotza alaitzen duten kontakizunak ez baitira inoiz zahartzen. Hona, beraz, atzoko eta gaurko gazteentzako liburu eder bat.
Choice collection of masterly short fiction. In addition to title story: "The Birthmark," "Rappaccini's Daughter," "Roger Malvin's Burial," "The Artist of the Beautiful," "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment," and "My Kinsman, Major Molineux."
A stark and allegorical tale of adultery, guilt, and social repression in Puritan New England, The Scarlet Letter is a foundational work of American literature. Nathaniel Hawthorne's exploration of the dichotomy between the public and private self, internal passion and external convention, gives us the unforgettable Hester Prynne, who discovers strength in the face of ostracism and emerges as a heroine ahead of her time.
La situació que Hawthorne ha retratat en aquesta novel·la és la fi d’una vella estirp de la Nova Anglaterra, ens diu Henry James comentant La casa de les set teulades. I afegeix: «Hawthorne ha estat
Las historias reunidas en este libro evocan un tiempo que la fantasía mantendrá eterno: el de los hermosos mitos de la Grecia clásica, con sus dioses antropomórficos, sus dragones, gigantes, minotauros, sus extraños amores y traiciones, sus palacios encantados y heroes de epopeya y de ficcion.
Después del éxito obtenido por El libro de las maravillas, Nathaniel Hawthorne recibió de sus editores la propuesta de escribir una nueva serie de cuentos infantiles basados en la mitología griega. Y de este encargo, que el autor acometió con gran ilusión, surgieron estos Cuentos de Tanglewood en 1853. En ellos recreó con su peculiar humor y sentido épico seis nuevas historias: el reencuentro de Teseo con su padre y su lucha con el Minotauro.
Here are the best of Hawthorne's short stories. There are twenty-four of them -- not only the most familiar, but also many that are virtually unknown to the average reader. The selection was made by Professor Newton Arvin of Smith College, a recognized authority on Hawthorne and a distinguished literary critic as well. His fine introduction admirably interprets Hawthorne's mind and art.
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