Hawthorne, Sculpture, and the Question of American Art - Hardback - 2011

Analyzes the significance of sculpture in Hawthorne's fiction through the recurring motif of the fragment in its double guise as ruin and project. This book shows how the tension between the formed and unformed enabled Hawthorne to interrogate the origins and distinctive possibilities of art in America in relation to established European models.
Year of publication: 2011
Pagination: 285 pages, includes 24 b&w illustrations
Format: Hardback