Most of Nathaniel Hawthorne's writing has effectiveness of its genre and historical accuracy of a reconstruction of well-known themes but it binds him to his familiar Puritanical setting in an aggressive tone. His best piece of work, though, does not come in a parable or allegorical genre as doesThe Minister's Black Veil? andYoung Goodman Brown?. In these genres the characters and settings are not developed and its theme is ... his talent and appropriately proved his skills in his rather thorough development of character, theme, setting, and plot. Hawthorne's risk of expanding his style to a ...

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... (leading to a growth in appreciation of writing and reading with the growth of a leisure class), and the expansion of print culture within the United States (including the development of copyright laws to protect the artistic products of American authors). The religious influences on American romanticism include the gradual decline of Calvinism (the stern religious tradition of the early Puritans) and the emergence of Unitarianism and Deism. This marked a growing ... work was fiercely original, refining the short story genre, establishing detective fiction, and prefiguring the genres of...

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