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  1. Analysis. Many of the tales collected in Mosses from an Old Manse are allegories and, typical of Hawthorne, focus on the negative side of human nature. Hawthorne's friend Herman Melville noted this aspect in his review "Hawthorne and His Mosses": This black conceit pervades him through and through.

  2. In “Mosses from an Old Manse,” Hawthorne uses the house as a metaphor for the human psyche, exploring the themes of guilt, redemption, and the search for identity. The Old Manse also appears in Hawthorne’s novel “The Blithedale Romance,” where it serves as a backdrop for the characters’ conflicting desires and ideals.

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  4. Q&As. Discussions. Hawthorne and His Mosses | Summary. Share. Summary. Melville's Experience. The essay opens with a detailed description of the setting in which Melville discovered and read Nathaniel Hawthorne 's (1804–64) collection of short stories Mosses from an Old Manse.

  5. Apr 1, 1996 · Mosses from an old manse Contents: The old manse -- The birthmark -- A select party -- Young Goodman Brown -- Rappaccini's daughter -- Mrs. Bullfrog -- Fire worship -- Buds and bird voices -- Monsieur du Miroir -- The hall of fantasy -- The celestial railroad -- The procession of life -- Feathertop: a moralized legend -- The new Adam and Eve ...

  6. The Old Manse, Concord, MA, 1897. Between two tall gate-posts of rough-hewn stone (the gate itself having fallen from its hinges at some unknown epoch) we beheld the gray front of the old parsonage, terminating the vista of an avenue of black-ash trees. It was now a twelvemonth since the funeral procession of the venerable clergyman, its last ...

  7. Nov 21, 2023 · Mosses from an Old Manse: Themes. Many of the stories in Mosses from an Old Manse explore themes of guilt and morality, punishment, and atonement. The stories are allegorical; an...

  8. (MOM stands for Mosses from an Old Manse, and Notebooks stands for The American Notebooks in the Centenary series): The Old Manse. (1846) Notebooks 237.17-28, 250.19-24, 252.26-29, 318.12-319.5, 320.23-25, 320.29-321.29, 322.20-26, 324.18-325.5, 325.17-26, 326.5-9, 326.15-327.26, 328.26-330.22, 338.5-339.29, 341.34-342.26, 348.7-349.5, 350.2-9 ...

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