Essay Archive - Nathaniel Hawthorne: The Greatest Anti-Transcendentalist Writer
Nathaniel Hawthorne: The Greatest Anti-Transcendentalist Writer
Nathaniel Hawthorne was one of the greatest Anti-Transcendentalist
writers of all time. He utilized his writings to express his dark, gloomy
Hawthorne, a descendant of a puritan family, was born in Salem,
Massachusetts. Some of his ancestors included a judge known for the harsh
persecution of Quakers, and another judge who played an important role in
the Salem witchcraft trials. Hawthorne's attitude was molded by a sense
of guilt, which he traced to his anc....
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