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La soledad y la tristeza de Nathaniel Hawthorne: Una especulación biográfica
Author(s) -
Carlos Javier Madrid Jurado
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
odisea
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2174-1611
pISSN - 1578-3820
DOI - 10.25115/odisea.v0i7.155
Subject(s) - art , humanities , philosophy , solitude , literature
Son muchas las leyendas surgidas en torno al carácter solitario y taciturno de Nathaniel Hawthorne. Su aversión al mundo, la muerte del padre cuando el novelista tenía sólo cuatro años, su invalidez a los nueve, su timidez y rechazo a todo contacto físico o la intensa, si bien algo fría, relación de la madre con los hijos han servido tradicionalmente de argumento para explicar la solitud de Hawthorne. Sin embargo, este artículo pretende destacar que la soledad y la tristeza del novelista estuvieron profundamente marcadas por su propia fantasía, don éste que el autor no consiguió ni entender ni aceptar completamente.Abstract:Many legends have evolved as a result of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s solitary and melancholy nature. His aversion to the world, his father’s death when the author was only four, his invalidity at the age of nine, his shyness and dislike towards physical contact or the intense but somewhat cold bond of the mother to her children are some of the major points which have traditionally been used to account for Hawthorne’s solitude. In this article, however, I endeavour to highlight that the novelist’s isolation and melancholy were greatly influenced by his own fancy, a gift which he neither understood nor accepted completely.

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