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  1. Mr. Hawthorne's distinctive trait is invention, creation, imagination, originality--a trait which, in the literature of fiction, is positively worth all the rest. But the nature of originality, so far as regards its manifestation in letters, is but imperfectly understood.

    • Notes

      Notes to Hawthorne's writings. The Scarlet Letter-- read...

    • Nathaniel Hawthorne

      Twice-Told Tales (1837, 1851) Mosses from an Old Manse...

    • Dates

      Boston: Nathaniel Hawthorne edits Peter Parley's Universal...

    • Art

      Here we glimpse a few images from Hawthorne's life and...

    • Places

      Hawthorne's home, The Wayside (508) 369-6975 or (508)...

  2. This paper is concerned with the nature and magnitude of Poe's revi sions of the May Graham's for the Godey's review of Hawthorne's Twice-Told Tales. The material covered should do much to indicate whether the revisions are insignificant enough to be ignored by editors and whether the earlier or later version of Poe's theories is to be preferred.

  3. EDGAR ALLAN POE, “Review of Twice-Told Tales,” Graham’s Magazine, May 1842. In his first review of this collection, Poe observed that the “tone is singularly effective — wild, plaintive, thoughtful, and in full accordance with his themes.”.

  4. De Beranger has wrought brilliant things–pungent and spirit-stirring–but, like all immassive bodies, they lack momentum, and thus fail to satisfy the Poetic Sentiment. They sparkle and excite, but, from want of continuity, fail deeply to impress.

  5. Nov 20, 2019 · HAWTHORNE'S TWICE-TOLD TALES. By Nathaniel Hawthorne. James Munroe & Co.: Boston . WE HAVE always regarded the Tale (using this word in its popular acceptation) as affording the best prose opportunity for display of the highest talent. It has peculiar advantages which the novel does not admit. It is, of course, a far finer field than the essay.

  6. Jun 19, 2013 · Twice-Told Tales. By Nathaniel Hawthorne. Two Volumes. James Munroe & Co.: Boston. We have always regarded the Tale (using this word in its popular acceptation) as affording the best prose opportunity for display of the highest talent. It has peculiar advantages which the novel does not admit.

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  8. A Literary Debate. In April 1842 Edgar Allan Poe, the editor of Graham's Magazine, inserted a seven-hundred word notice on the reissue of Nathaniel Hawthorne's Twice-Told Tales.

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