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Foreigners in Their Own Land: Nathaniel Hawthorne and the Representation of Tolerated Strangers

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Nathaniel Hawthorne, a foremost American author known for his gothic narratives on the early Puritans, was concerned with political issues, among which that of social and political tolerance stands at the forefront of his narrative. In the chapter I analyse the issue of the tolerance of unknown people in “The Seven Vagabonds,” “The Canterbury Pilgrims,” “Ethan Brand” and “The Ambitious Guest” using Wendy Brown’s theorization of tolerance and Judith Shklar concept of citizenship to show that Hawthorne presented a view of citizenship and hospitality that differed from the same prevalent ideas of his age.

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    Rodríguez Guerrero Strachan’s chapter is an extremely valuable contribution to this volume, as his exploration of Hawthorne’s nation-building counter-rhetoric in his tales set in the early Republic can be compared to those instances of racist nationalism that chapters such as Delshad’s, Álvarez-López’s, or Gerke’s denounce.

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  1. Universidad de Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain

    Santiago Rodríguez Guerrero-Strachan

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  1. English Department, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain

    Paula Barba Guerrero

  2. University of Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain

    Mónica Fernández Jiménez

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Rodríguez Guerrero-Strachan, S. (2024). Foreigners in Their Own Land: Nathaniel Hawthorne and the Representation of Tolerated Strangers. In: Barba Guerrero, P., Fernández Jiménez, M. (eds) American Borders. American Literature Readings in the 21st Century. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-30179-7_6

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