{"product_id":"9780814251706","title":"The Business of Reflection: Hawthorne in His Notebooks","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Business of Reflection: Hawthorne in His Notebooks\u003c\/i\u003e is a scholarly, annotated selection of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s \u003ci\u003eAmerican Notebooks, English Notebooks, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eFrench and Italian Notebooks\u003c\/i\u003e culled from the authoritative \u003ci\u003eCentenary Edition of the Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne\u003c\/i\u003e (The Ohio State University Press, 23 volumes) and intended both for students and teachers of American literature and for general readers.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe American Notebooks\u003c\/i\u003e (1835–53) cover the period of most of Hawthorne’s published writing and are crucial background for the genesis of his fiction, for his psychological and vocational development, for his marriage to Sophia Peabody, and for his relationships with contemporaries such as Emerson, Thoreau, and Margaret Fuller. \u003ci\u003eThe English Notebooks\u003c\/i\u003e (1853–60) record his experiences and impressions during his residence in England, among them his incisive and influential sketch of Herman Melville. \u003ci\u003eThe French and Italian Notebooks\u003c\/i\u003e (1858–59) are a sourcebook for Hawthorne’s last published romance, \u003ci\u003eThe Marble Faun\u003c\/i\u003e and, as Henry James observed, for his deeply ambivalent response to the aesthetic and historical legacy of European civilization.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eTaken together, Hawthorne’s notebooks are essential materials for studying Hawthorne as a writer and a man. They present him at his most candid, intimate, and robust—a many-sided figure who complements and revises the persona known from his published writings, often in unexpected ways. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ohio State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47030542729456,"sku":"9780814251706","price":48.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780814251706_p0.jpg?v=1763745612","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780814251706","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}