University/Organization
Southwest Baptist University
Title
Hawthorne in Eden
Synopsis
In several of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s tales, Puritan New England becomes a metaphor for Eden. In developing this metaphor, Hawthorne expresses his desire for Utopia and laments its loss, even as he expunges his guilt for his Puritan ancestry. Several examples of Hawthorne’s writings will be used to support this position.