The province of piety : moral history in Hawthorne's early tales /

Colacurcio, Michael J.

The province of piety : moral history in Hawthorne's early tales / Michael J. Colacurcio. - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1984. - viii, 669 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 525-661.

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Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864 --Knowledge--History.
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864 --Ethics.


Historical fiction, American--History and criticism.
Didactic fiction, American--History and criticism.
Moral conditions in literature.
Ethics in literature.


New England--In literature.

PS 1892 .H5 / C6 1984