"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...
| Published in: | Nathaniel Hawthorne Review Vol. 45; no. 2; pp. 130 - 152 |
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| Format: | Short Story Review |
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Pennsylvania State University Press
2019
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