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ERIC Number: EJ479146
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1994
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0010-0994
A "H--ll-Fired Story": Hawthorne's Rhetoric of Rumor.
Harshbarger, Scott
College English, v56 n1 p30-45 Jan 1994
Considers Nathaniel Hawthorne's literary technique of providing various, often conflicting, accounts of a narrative scene or event. Analyzes Hawthorne's rhetoric of rumor as featured in "The Scarlet Letter." Shows how Hawthorne tried to translate the dynamics of interpersonal communication into print in this novel. (HB)
Descriptors: English Instruction, Higher Education, Interpersonal Communication, Literary Criticism, Narration, Novels, Rhetoric, Rhetorical Criticism
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Hawthorne (Nathaniel); Rumors; Scarlet Letter