"A study of hypnotism in the works of Nathaniel Hawthorne" by Helen Lei Hsu

Author

Helen Lei Hsu

Date of Award

Spring 1960

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts

Department

English

Abstract

I propose in this study to examine the uses of hypnotism in two of Hawthorne 's tales: "Ethan Brand" and "The Prophetic Pictures"; and three of Hawthorne's romances: Fanshawe, The House of the Seven Gables, and The Blithedale Romance. My aims are generally these: to investigate Hawthorne's interest in hypnotism with reference to the manifested popularity of hypnotism in his time; to identify Hawthorne's implication of hypnotism in the above tales and romances; and to analyze Hawthorne 's art of interweaving his themes with the practice of hypnosis.

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