Eve Tempted : Writing and Sexuality in Hawthorne's Fiction

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First published in 1984, this book offers a unique interpretation of Hawthorne?s work, making use of perspectives opened up by Derrida in his work on Rousseau. It offers a psycho-biography of the author as discoverable in the texts and avoids a simplistic Freudian analysis. In doing so, it illuminates the work and re-opens Hawthorne?s texts to creative discussion. This book will be of interest to those studying 19th century literature.