First published in 1984, this book offers a unique interpretation of Hawthorne’s work, making use of perspectives opened up by Derrida in his work on Rousseau.
In doing so, it illuminates the work and re-opens Hawthorne’s texts to creative discussion..
It offers a psycho-biography of the author as discoverable in the texts and avoids a simplistic Freudian analysis.
First published in 1984, this book offers a unique interpretation of Hawthorne’s work, making use of perspectives opened up by Derrida in his work on Rousseau