Category: American English Literature

Mark Twain – The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Novel Summary)

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn : U. S. Fiction may be said to have truly arrived with the emergence of Mark Twain (1835-1910), the pseudonym for Samuel Langhorne Clemens. His work symbolised a breaking-away from the hitherto dominant influence of the eastern U.S. and transcendentalist philosophy, and thereby provided the impetus for the further development … Continue reading Mark Twain – The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Novel Summary) →

Nathaniel Hawthorne – The Scarlet Letter (Novel Summary)

The Scarlet Letter Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) was the first American author to make extensive use of historical material. Like his predecessor, James Fenimore Cooper, he was attempting to find and utilise distinctively American material, and in going back to the past, had appeared to have done it in a more genuine way, for American history … Continue reading Nathaniel Hawthorne – The Scarlet Letter (Novel Summary) →