Coale explores the profound influence that the mesmerist andspiritualist 'craze' of the 1840s and 1850s had on Hawthorne's artisticvision and fictional techniques.Nathaniel Hawthorne despised both mes
"The world is so sad and solemn," wrote Nathaniel Hawthorne, "that things meant in jest are liable, by an overwhelming influence, to become dreadful earnest; gaily dressed f
The recent popularity of The DaVinci Code and The Matrix trilogy exemplifies the fascination Americans have with conspiracy-driven subjects. Though scholars have suggested that in modern times the JFK
Nathaniel Hawthorne, celebrated in his own day for sketches that now seem sentimental, came only gradually to be fully appreciated for what his friend Herman Melville diagnosed as the "power of blackn
Episodic and disconnected, much of postmodern fiction mirrors the world as quantum theorists describe it, according to Samuel Chase Coale. In "Quirks of the Quantum, " Coale shows how the doubts, misg
Episodic and disconnected, much of postmodern fiction mirrors the world as quantum theorists describe it, according to Samuel Chase Coale. In "Quirks of the Quantum, " Coale shows how the doubts, misg
