A Study of Hawthorne's a Wonder-Book and Tanglewood Tales
Abstract
In an 1838 letter to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, a friend since Bowdoin days, Nathaniel Hawthorne proposed that the poet collaborate with him in writing for children, an idea evidently rejected by Longfellow. Then considering writing as a vocation, Hawthorne had suggested the project as a source of income, referring to an increased incentive for him to earn money, which may have been his intended marriage to Sophia Peabody. Even several years after their marriage Hawthorne's earnings remained slender, despite the fame that came with The Scarlet Letter.
Subject Area
American literature
Recommended Citation
Varnado, Mary Lucy, "A Study of Hawthorne's a Wonder-Book and Tanglewood Tales" (1960). ETD Collection for Fordham University. AAI28673305.
https://research.library.fordham.edu/dissertations/AAI28673305
