Literary Criticism: The Scarlet Letter
The novel The Scarlet Letter written by Nathaniel Hawthorne is known for bringing a color of romance back into the dark times of New England. The critics are either keying in on how this novel stands out from the rest, or saying he is not giving enough information for this even to have a story. The Scarlet Letter has lead to be one of his most popular works by many critics emphasizing his style of writing to be like “nothing they have came across” this is why Hawthorne became such an well known author because many were either boasting about his artistic form of writing or criticizing his work (Woodberry.)
Andrew Lang explains how he feels Hawthorne did not say everything he needed to by not letting himself “compete with life.” Lang sees the main point of his writing to have his own idea on what romance should be, by making a point and then keying in on it. Faith and Desire is what Hawthorne goes off, going on about how he picked subjects and vaguely wrote about them, but since he was an exceptional writer it all came …show more content…
He explains his creativity since it was fiction, then began to learn the unique romance with the author adding in his own “artistic expression.” Keying in on that earlier tales took romance to be in method or perception, but not Hawthorne distinguishing it more as a “union of art and intuition.” Woodberry is fascinated by the fearful stigma, and the unraveling of the tale in a mysterious significance according to the critic. He then explains how the “climax is a dark story,” but begins to slowly come out of the darkness as the story go on explaining “ the drama was one of the eternal life” nothing can ever be hidden from darkness no matter how dark because of the heavens of light
The novel The Scarlet Letter written by Nathaniel Hawthorne is known for bringing a color of romance back into the dark times of New England. The critics are either keying in on how this novel stands out from the rest, or saying he is not giving enough information for this even to have a story. The Scarlet Letter has lead to be one of his most popular works by many critics emphasizing his style of writing to be like “nothing they have came across” this is why Hawthorne became such an well known author because many were either boasting about his artistic form of writing or criticizing his work (Woodberry.)
Andrew Lang explains how he feels Hawthorne did not say everything he needed to by not letting himself “compete with life.” Lang sees the main point of his writing to have his own idea on what romance should be, by making a point and then keying in on it. Faith and Desire is what Hawthorne goes off, going on about how he picked subjects and vaguely wrote about them, but since he was an exceptional writer it all came …show more content…
He explains his creativity since it was fiction, then began to learn the unique romance with the author adding in his own “artistic expression.” Keying in on that earlier tales took romance to be in method or perception, but not Hawthorne distinguishing it more as a “union of art and intuition.” Woodberry is fascinated by the fearful stigma, and the unraveling of the tale in a mysterious significance according to the critic. He then explains how the “climax is a dark story,” but begins to slowly come out of the darkness as the story go on explaining “ the drama was one of the eternal life” nothing can ever be hidden from darkness no matter how dark because of the heavens of light