Lectures and Articles Related to the Non-fiction and Poetry of Nathaniel Hawthorne

Poem "Moderate Views" written by Hawthorne on February 13, 1817(courtesy of Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA)

"Mechanization and Nationalism in 'Chiefly about War Matters,'"paper by Dr. James Hewitson, delivered at the Modern Language Association Conference in San Diego, CA, December 2003. In this paper Dr. Hewitson explores elements in Hawthorne's "Chiefly About War Matters" that "can be understood as reiterating

and expanding upon his earlier depictions of encroaching mechanization within American culture."In addition, Dr. Hewitson argues that “'War Matters' can be seen as anticipating later similar treatments of issues of mechanization and its potential for profound subjective and social realignments, such as Herman Melville’s Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War, Mark Twain’s Connecticut Yankee in Kng Arthur’s Court and Henry Adams’ Education of Henry Adams.    "'Chiefly About War Matters' and the Problem of Human Rights," by Dr. Arthur Riss, Salem State College, Salem, MA, delivered at the Modern Language Association Conference, December, 2003.