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297 The Scarlet Letter

The History of Literature

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The Scarlet Letter

Jack Wilson: We are taking a deep dive into the scarlet letter today on the history of literature. In his distinction between romances and novels, among other topics, as a refresher Hawthorne viewed novels as fact based and historical. He said romance was more like what you'd find in Sir Walter Scott or Alexander Dumas where author is free to imagine his or her way into something that might not have actually occurred.

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