Hawthorne's Romances: Social Drama and the Metaphor of Geometry

by Robert S. Friedman

Book Overview

First Published in 2000. Throughout the nineteenth century, the study of geometry remained at the core of educational curricula in the United States, strongly affecting how educated Americans construed their world. This book examines how each of Nathaniel Hawthorne's romances presents a different geometric figure that becomes representative of the work's themes and narrative designs. These geometric figures, when approached from the perspective of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9057026058
• ISBN13: 9789057026058
• Release Date: April 2000
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 193 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.1"