Beschreibung:
"Pfister merges the best of both new historical and cultural studies in his treatment of the novels and the cultural ambivalence--about domesticity, motherhood, and the middle class--that Hawthorne's career illustrates."--Studies in Short Fiction"A provocative yet sensible reading, a welcome contribution to debates on Hawthorne's gender politics and to the new scholarship in domestic ideology."--American Literature
Introduction; 1. Historical birthmarks; 2. Monsters in the hothouse; 3. Plotting womanhood; 4. Melville's birthmarks; 5. Sowing dragon's teeth; 6. Cleaning house; 7. Disciplinary misrepresentation; Coda; Notes; Bibliography; Index.