The influence of political events and ideologies on Nathaniel Hawthorne's political vision and writings
Introduction - Nathaniel Hawthorne and political reform Nathaniel Hawthorne and conservative philosophy Hawthorne's concept of human nature and original sin in the philosophy of conservative reform Hawthorne's conservatism and the democratic dilemma the role of the "past" in Hawthorne's philosophy of conservative reform Hawthorne's response to Comtean positivism in the philosophy of conservative reform Hawthorne and conservative reform in the American Revolution Nathaniel Hawthorne and Edmund Burke -conservative perspectives on reform in "Earth's Holocaust" and the French Revolution conclusion - Nathaniel Hawthorne and the philosophy of conservative reform.