The Sins of the Fathers
Hawthorne's Psychological Themes
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9595136 |
|---|---|
| Authors | William Bysshe Stein, Frederick C Crews |
| Year | 1967 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 564 |
| Publication date | 1967-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Literature (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9831 • E-ISSN: 1527-2117 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2923465 |
| OpenAlex | W2113149213 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
Surveying Hawthorne's entire career, from his earliest surviving stories through the romances left unfinished at his death, Frederick Crews defines the terms of Hawthorne's self-debate as revealed in his fiction. Hawthorne emerges from this study as a writer of acute psychological awareness. In an Afterword written for this edition, Crews interrogates his own argument with characteristic unsparingness. He candidly reassesses the theoretical commitments behind his book, reflects on the path taken by Hawthorne criticism since 1966, and answers the question that many readers have asked of this ex-Freudian: How much, today, remains valid in The Sins of the Fathers? This essay is itself a significant contribution to the current debate over the role of 'theory' in literary studies
Hawthorne effect · Psychoanalysis · Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology · Cultural Studies and Interdisciplinary Research · Management Theory and Practice · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,15 |
| Citation span | 1973 - 2017 (45) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |