The Savage in the House

Published In

Arizona Quarterly: A Journal of American Literature, Culture, and Theory

Document Type

Citation

Publication Date

2008

Abstract

In 'the blithedale romance'Nathaniel Hawthorne captures Victorian America's obsession with domestication: better nature through human intervention. The novel figures Zenobia, one of its two central women, as a spectacular but short-lived, hothouse flower. Miles Coverdale …

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Copyright © 2007 Arizona Board of Regents

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10.1353/arq.2008.0005

DOI

10.1353/arq.2008.0005

Persistent Identifier

https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/36215

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