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Poe, Edgar Allan. “Hawthorne's Twice-Told Tales.” Graham's Magazine 20 (May 1842): 298-300.
Praises “The Minister's Black Veil” for its “masterful composition,” but doubts that most readers will be capable of understanding the story's most subtle allusions and themes.
Voight, Gilbert P. “The Meaning of “The Minister's Black Veil.” College English 13 (1952): 337-38.
Concludes that Mr. Hooper's decision to wear the black veil makes him a biblical prophet in the line of...
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