Understanding the Scarlet Letter: A Student Casebook to Issues, Sources, and Historical Documents

by Claudia Durst Johnson

Book Overview

Sexual misconduct of society's leaders, the plight of single mothers, the separation of church and state -- all are burning issues of the 1990s which sparked outrage and controversy 150 years earlier in The Scarlet Letter. Now, no study of American history is complete without thorough examination of Nathaniel Hawthorne's timeless masterpiece. This multidisciplinary study of the novel contains historical documents, collateral readings, and commentary...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313293287
• ISBN13: 9780313293283
• Release Date: May 1995
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.5"
• Age Range: 14 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 9 to 12

Customer Reviews

The Best Book for Understanding the Scarlet Letter and its Themes

This book is one of the most fascinating books for studying the Scarlet Letter. I had to write my college research paper on the Scarlet Letter and I went to several libraries collecting books for this paper. All of these books had journal articles that pertained to my subject, but I soon realized that ALL I NEEDED WAS THIS ONE BOOK TO COMPLETE MY PAPER. This book not only discusses the themes in the book but it gives complete background knowledge on the puritans, analysis of characters, plot information, and articles that relate puritanist views to modern day events. I love this book and highly recommend it for people studying the Scarlet Letter.