Class, culture, and the trouble with white skin in Hawthorne's The House of Seven Gables.

Focuses on the class, culture and racial undertones in `The House of Seven Gables,' by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Ambivalence of Hawthorne towards the lower class; Utilization of racial tropes in class distinction; Reflection of the failure of upper-class whiteness in the paleness of Judge Pyncheon; Reso...

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Publicado en:	Yale Journal of Criticism Vol. 12; no. 2; pp. 249 - 269
Autor principal:	Anthony, David
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Johns Hopkins University Press Fall99
Materias:	Social classes in literature Culture in literature Race in literature House of the Seven Gables, The (Book : Hawthorne)
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Sumario:	Focuses on the class, culture and racial undertones in `The House of Seven Gables,' by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Ambivalence of Hawthorne towards the lower class; Utilization of racial tropes in class distinction; Reflection of the failure of upper-class whiteness in the paleness of Judge Pyncheon; Resolution of class differences in the marriage of Holgrave into the Pyncheon family.