A "H-LL-Fired Story": Hawthorne's Rhetoric of Rumor

Considers Nathaniel Hawthorne's literary technique of providing various, often conflicting, accounts of a narrative scene or event. Analyzes Hawthorne's rhetoric of rumor as featured in "The Scarlet Letter." Shows how Hawthorne tried to translate the dynamics of interpersonal com...

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Veröffentlicht in:	College English 1994-01, Vol.56 (1), p.30-45
1. Verfasser:	Harshbarger, Scott
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Ambiguity American literature Beliefs College English English Instruction Essays Gossip Hawthorne (Nathaniel) Hawthorne, Nathaniel (1804-1864) Higher Education Imagination Interpersonal Communication Literary Criticism Mather, Increase (1639-1723) Narration Narratives Narrators Novels Public Opinion Rhetoric Rhetorical Criticism Rumors Scarlet Letter Spouses Sympathy Witchcraft
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Zusammenfassung:	Considers Nathaniel Hawthorne's literary technique of providing various, often conflicting, accounts of a narrative scene or event. Analyzes Hawthorne's rhetoric of rumor as featured in "The Scarlet Letter." Shows how Hawthorne tried to translate the dynamics of interpersonal communication into print in this novel. (HB)
ISSN:	0010-0994 2161-8178
DOI:	10.2307/378215