... famous American writers of all time. Hawthorne's great-grandfather, a judge in the Salem Witch Trials, inspired Hawthorne's writings to be centered around the inherited evil and sin of humanity. Hawthorne was a firm believer in human imperfection, falls from grace, and generational curses. Although understanding Hawthorne's works can be challenging, by closely examining Hawthorne's biography, along with the subjects and themes ... of his writings, the reader will better understand how Hawthorne's personal demons inspired him to deliver his messages of ... , which deal mainly with guilt, ...

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... editor of the Ohio State Journal in 1858 and published poems, stories, and reviews in the Atlantic Monthly and other magazines. His biography for Abraham Lincoln earned him enough money to travel to New England and meet the great writers, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, James Russell Lowell, and Walt Whitman (Edwin H., 288). Howells lived in Italy for nearly four ... ...

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