Understanding the Scarlet Letter: A Student Casebook to Issues, Sources, and Historical Documents

Understanding the Scarlet Letter: A Student Casebook to Issues, Sources, and Historical Documents
ISBN-10
0313293287
ISBN-13
9780313293283
Category
Literary Criticism
Pages
228
Language
English
Published
1995
Publisher
Greenwood Publishing Group
Author
Claudia Durst Johnson

Description

Gathers historical documents that illustrate Puritan and nineteenth-century attitudes, and shares contemporaneous reviews and current relevant news articles

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