"What Sort of Man Was Wakefield?": Selfhood and Sovereignty in Nathaniel Hawthorne's Twice-told Tale.

That individuals hold power and property in their own person is a core tenet of liberal philosophy, which is grounded in, among other concepts, Romantic theories of sacrosanct, interior vitality. Even so, sovereigntist thinking, particularly about human agency, nearly always fails to account for inh...

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Published in:Nathaniel Hawthorne Review Vol. 45; no. 2; pp. 130 - 152
Main Author: BOCCIO, RACHEL
Format: Short Story Review
Published: Pennsylvania State University Press 2019
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