The Marble Faun (Identities and Issues in Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne
- First Published: 1860
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction
- Subjects: Love or romance, Murder or homicide, Nineteenth century, Art or artists, Mistaken or secret identity, Sin or Original sin, Guilt, Obsession, Italy or Italians, Sculpting or sculptors, Rome
- Locales: Rome, Italy
The Work
The Marble Faun, Nathaniel Hawthorne’s final novel, examines two of the problems that interested its author late in his career: the complications of living abroad and the possible benefits of human suffering. Considered by some to be less successful than his earlier works, the novel nevertheless offers a unique picture of the effects of a foreign culture upon American lives and values.
The story follows the movements of a group of artists living in Rome in the 1850’s. Miriam, a beautiful painter with a mysterious background, is haunted by a strange...
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