Loughman C
Westfield State College, MA 01086.
Gerontologist. 1992 Dec;32(6):726-32. doi: 10.1093/geront/32.6.726.
This essay discusses the autobiographical implications of Nathaniel Hawthorne's last, unfinished tales. Biographical documents, as well as the tales, demonstrate that Hawthorne's personal condition shaped the characters and ideas in his fiction, particularly the aged protagonist, the meditations on old age and death, and the quest for immortality. The conflict between the moral vision in the tales and his personal attitude toward old age and death caused creative difficulties that he could not overcome.
本文探讨纳撒尼尔·霍桑最后几部未完成故事的自传意义。传记文献以及这些故事表明,霍桑的个人状况塑造了他小说中的人物和思想,尤其是老年主人公、对衰老与死亡的沉思,以及对不朽的追求。故事中的道德观念与他个人对衰老和死亡的态度之间的冲突,造成了他无法克服的创作困境。