Critical Commentary Related to Alienation and the Artist in "The Artist of the Beautiful
Critical Commentary Related to Alienation and the Artist in "The Artist of the Beautiful"
Andy's Butterfly Altered(photography by Andrew Martinez)
Excerpt from The Salem World of Nathaniel
Hawthorne by Margaret Moore (courtesy of University
of Missouri Press).
In this passage Margaret Moore suggests that the alienation Owen Warland
experiences in "The Artist of the Beautiful" is a reflection of the
alienation Hawthorne himself experienced both in connection with his
long-dead Hathorne
ancestors and, more vividly, in connection with the very much alive
Mannings
with whom he spent his youth.
Excerpt from Student Companion to Nathaniel Hawthorne
by Melissa McFarland Pennell (courtesy of Greenwood
Press).
Melissa McFarland Pennell hints here that the alienation Owen Warland
experiences in "The Artist of the Beautiful" is a product of his pursuit
of an artistic ideal.
Excerpt from Student Companion to Nathaniel
Hawthorne by Melissa McFarland Pennell (courtesy of Greenwood
Press)
In this passage, Melissa McFarland Pennell maintains that Hawthorne,
despite his sympathy with the artistic endeavors of Owen Warland, still
sees value in the point of view represented by the Hovfenden-Danforth
family.
Excerpt from Student Companion to Nathaniel
Hawthorne by Melissa McFarland Pennell (courtesy of Greenwood
Press).
Here Melissa McFarland Pennell suggests that Hawthorne's sympathy for
the plight of Owen Warland in "The Artist of the Beautiful" grows out
of personal experience as well as cultural concern.
