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Critical Reception of the House of the Seven Gables in Western countries and China

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DOI: 10.25236/icallh.2018.80

Author(s)

Li Xia

Corresponding Author

Li Xia

Abstract

The House of the Seven Gables was once viewed as the best of Hawthorne’s novels at his time. Despite the later revise of the evaluation, the House still enjoys a high reputation among Hawthorne’s literary works. The paper is intended to have a historical look at of critical reception of The House in western countries and in China, which helps readers gain a better insight into the cumulative richness of this novel over time.

Keywords

The House of the Seven Gables, Literary criticism, Diversity, Deficiency, Eternity .