The Contention for Jollity and Gloom: Hospitality in Nathaniel Hawthorneâs Historical Short Fiction1

Santiago RodrÃ­guez Guerrero-Strachan

Chapter 6 The Contention for Jollity and Gloom: Hospitality in Nathaniel Hawthorneâs Historical Short Fiction¹

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Nathaniel Hawthorne deals with inhospitable places in several of his short stories. His use of history in his fiction always problematizes the role of British during the Colonial Period, as can be seen in âEndicott and the Red Cross,â âThe Gentle Boy,â and âThe May-Pole of Merry Mount.â It is my intention to explore the role that places play in these stories. Though they have been variously analyzed, most of the times in symbolic terms, I want to investigate how these places become inhospitable for some characters.

In âEndicott and the Red Cross,â Endicott becomes Levinasâs displaced host; in âThe May-Pole of Merry Mountâ the native inhabitants have to suffer the Puritan rule and abandon their pagan traditions. Finally, âThe Gentle Boyâ deals with the way in which Puritans tried to forbid the Quakers settling in New England. It is my view that Hawthorne wanted to deal with the issue of religion in Salem and the consequences that religious bigotry had in the inhabitants of the town, both native and colonists. With that intention in mind, he created fictional places that would suit his purpose.

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The Poetics and Politics of Hospitality in U.S. Literature and Culture

Series:Â Critical Approaches to Ethnic American Literature, Volume: 7

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