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1. A Literary Analysis of The Scarlet Letter
2. The Scarlet Letter and the Puritans
3. The Puritan Mind
From The Diary of Michael Wigglesworth (1631)
4. Crime and Punishment in Massachusetts Bay
5. Anne Hutchinson and Hester Prynne
From John Winthrop, History of New England from1630-1649 (1853)
From Cotton Mather, Magnalia Christi Americana(1698)
From A Report on the Trial of Mrs. Anne Hutchinson Before the Church in Boston (March, 1638)
6. Witchcraft and The Scarlet Letter
From William E. Woodard, ed., Records of Salem Witchcraft (1864)
From Cotton Mather, The Wonders of the Invisible World (1693)
From“Letter of Thomas Brattle, F.R.S.” (1692)
From The Diary of Samuel Sewall (1697)
7.“The Custom-House”: Hawthorne, the Nineteenth Century, and The Scarlet Letter
From“A Review of 'The Custom-House'” (March, 1850)
From George Bishop, New England Judged by the Spirit of the Lord (1659)
From Charles W. Upham, Salem Witchcraft with an
Account of Salem Village, and A History of Opinions on Witchcraft and Kindred Subjects (1867)
8.“A” Is for Artist: The Creative Struggles of Nathaniel Hawthorne
From“Laws Against Excess in Apparel,” Records of the Massachusetts Bay in New England (1651)
From Cotton Mather, Manuductio Ad Ministerium (1726)
From Timothy Dwight,“Letter on Fashionable Education” (1821)
From Noah Webster,“Letter to a Young Gentleman Commencing His Education” (1843)
From“The Scarlet Letter” (1850)
From“The Scarlet Letter” (1850)
From Orestes Brownson,“Literary Notices and Criticisms” (1850)
From Arthur Cleveland Coxe,“The Writings of Hawthorne” (1851)
From Andrew Preston Peabody,“Nathaniel Hawthorne”(1853)
9. The Scarlet Letter: Issues in the 1980s and 1990s
From“Unwed Mothers: The Scarlet Letter Returns in Pink”
From“Quayle Deplores Eroding Values; Cites TV Show”
From“One Last Column: Writer Details Where He Failed”
From“Bakker, Evangelist, Resigns His Ministry over Sexual Incident”
From“Preachers' Battle Transfixing the South”
From“Pastor Tells of Guilt over Introducing Pair”
From“Bakker's Troubles Test Faith at Religious Resort”
From“TV Ministry Lists '85 Income”
From“Swaggart Is Subject