Tag Archives: Puritanism

Puritan Background to Hawthorne

As I mentioned in the meeting on Monday, Hawthorne misrepresents Puritanism in “Young Goodman Brown” and The Scarlet Letter.  In fact, Hawthorne depicts Puritans as the opposite of their actual faith and practices. Puritans believed that faith is a gift … Continue reading

Posted in American Literature, Literary Periods, Literary Romanticism, Short Stories | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment