Inheritance, Repetition, Complicity, Redemption: Sin and Salvation in The House of the Seven Gables.

This essay discusses Hawthorne's engagement with the crisis of property ownership and, by extension, political legitimacy in The House of the Seven Gables. The Pyncheon property was wrongfully seized from its original owner, Matthew Maule; this crime was sanctioned by the Puritan community and is sy...

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Published in:	Nathaniel Hawthorne Review Vol. 46; no. 1; pp. 1 - 30
Main Author:	COLACURCIO, MICHAEL J.
Format:	Article
Published:	Pennsylvania State University Press Spring2020
Subjects:	Repetition (Aesthetics) Christianity Social order Crime Sin
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