The Marble Faun By Hawthorne

Hawthorne s last published novel finds him at the zenith of his skill as a writer.

The marble faun by hawthorne.

Or the romance of monte beni is a novel by british author nathaniel hawthorne published in 1860. Or the romance of monte beni also known by the british title transformation was the last of the four major romances by nathaniel hawthorne and was published in 1860. Nathaniel hawthorne s final novel the marble faun has often been described as his best work from a literary perspective. The faun is the marble image of a young man leaning his right arm on the trunk or stump of a tree.

This detailed analysis of art that takes up long passages of the. In the other he holds the fragment of a pipe or some such sylvan instrument of music. He is able to communicate with depth and yet with a clarity that does not imprison you in a mire of verbose minutiae. The novel s central metaphor is a statue of a faun by praxiteles that hawthorne had seen in rome.

The marble faun in full the marble faun. Chapter vi the virgin s shrine which is a long fantasizing over the virginal hilda in which hawthorne writes. Hawthorne is one of the greatest american novelists and his place in fiction is well established with the scarlet. One can tell that this is hawthorne honed by decades of refining his craft.

The marble faun written on the eve of the american civil war is set in a fantastical italy the romance mixes elements of a fable pastoral gothic novel and travel guide. In the faun s fusing of animal and human characteristics hawthorne found an. But hawthorne in the marble faun clearly reveals his sexist prejudices in ways that a woman reader cannot gloss over or ignore and which must diminish him in my estimation. I found the book to be uninteresting and difficult to read fully and tended to scan much of it.

An early chapter is extremely disappointing. Since mine is the first review of this edition of the marble faun i would advise the reader to read reviews of other editions as well. The novel is set in italy and focuses on four main characters. The marble faun was a delightful read.

One hand hangs carelessly by his side. The description of rome and its art is so detailed and full of passion that travelers have taken to using this novel as a tour guide through the eternal city.