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"An allegorical tale of passion, adultery, guilt, and social repression, Nathaniel Hawthorne's """"The Scarlet Letter"""" introduces readers to Hester Prynne, America's first fictional heroine. Hawthorne's story is a masterpiece of American fiction, and this updated volume from the """"Bloom's Modern Critical Interpretations"""" series explores how the author powerfully conveys its theme of the puritanical influence on societal attitudes."

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Each essay is well-defined and laboriously researched, and each opinion is defended within its context...The book is a useful tool for students needing to examine the themes and context of Tolkien's work.

Students preparing research papers and students boning up for class will reach eagerly for these well-designed additions to accessible literary criticism... Each essay is well-defined and laboriously researched, and each opinion is defended within its context...The book is a useful tool for students needing to examine the themes and context of Tolkien's work.

"""Each essay is well-defined and laboriously researched, and each opinion is defended within its context...The book is a useful tool for students needing to examine the themes and context of Tolkien's work."" ""Students preparing research papers and students boning up for class will reach eagerly for these well-designed additions to accessible literary criticism..."""

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