Form and Fable

Ahab Ahab's allegory American appears belief Blithedale Romance Brom chapter character Christian comic confidence Confidence-Man Coverdale Coverdale's critics Crockett Davy Crockett death Devil Dimmesdale divine dream England evil experience fable faith father fiction folklore Franklin frontier frontiersman Hawthorne Hawthorne's hero Hester Holgrave Huck Huck's Huckleberry Finn human humor Ichabod identity imagination Indian Irving Irving's Ishmael Jim's Jonah Legend literary literature live lore Major Molineux man's Mark Twain masquerade Maule Maypole Melville Melville's Merry Mount metaphors Moby Dick Moby-Dick moral myth mythic native nature novel omens pagan pattern peddler popular culture Puritan Pyncheon Queequeg reality rebirth ritual Robin role Salem Sam Patch satire says Scarlet Letter seems sense Seven Gables shrewd sketch Sleepy Hollow society soul spirit story supernatural superstition symbolic tale tells themes tion tradition true truth village witchcraft witches writings Yankee yarns York Young Goodman Brown Zenobia