Young Goodman Brown



Young Goodman Brown

One of Nathaniel Hawthorne's most anthologized tales; “Young Goodman Brown” shares themes and techniques with much of his other work. Hawthorne's probing of what might be called the psychology of sin (however secular are modern readings), expressed through his characteristic manipulations of symbolism, merge the tale with his other short stories, such as “The Birth-Mark” (1843) and “Ethan Brand: A Chapter from an Abortive Romance” (1850), as well as his novels The Scarlet Letter (1850) and The Blithe dale Romance, published in 1852. Hawthorne's ideas, moral vision, and artistry have established him as one of the ...