Session Details

Friday, 30 December

754. Political Hawthorne

1:45–3:00 p.m., Virginia Suite A, Marriott

Program arranged by the Nathaniel Hawthorne Society

Presiding: Samuel Chase Coale V, Wheaton Coll., MA

1. “Native Hawthorne: A Reappraisal, from the Margins, of Hawthorne’s Ambivalence toward Indigenous Americans,” David Ball, Princeton Univ.

2. “Political Hawthorne: About War Matters and Power Politics,” Michelle S. Pacht, Graduate Center, City Univ. of New York

3. “The Hidden Politics of ‘Chiefly about War Matters,’” Richard H. Millington, Smith Coll.

4. “Nathaniel Hawthorne and the ‘Disturbing Influence’ of the Civil War,” Cynthia June Wachtell, Stern Coll. for Women

Respondent: Larry J. Reynolds, Texas A&M Univ., College Station

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