What Nathaniel Hawthorne story did Batman villain Poison Ivy likely draw inspiration from? Poison Ivy has only ever appeared in one live-action Batman film, played by Uma Thurman. While she fought the ...

Every generation of high school freshmen scrawls "symbol" and "character development" in the margins of "The Scarlet Letter" and then forgets Nathaniel Hawthorne. We don't hold the author in our ...

In her new young-adult fiction novel “Red,” out Jan. 30, Boston-area author Annie Cardi contends with reproductive rights and spirituality. The story is a retelling of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s classic ...

HAWTHORNE’S SHORT STORIES—(422 pp.)—Edited by Newton Arvin—Knopf ($3). It has been 80-odd years since Nathaniel Hawthorne died, but the mystery of his life has never been completely explained. One ...

Part I in a weekly series of articles about young Nathaniel Hawthorne, written by Rae Padilla Francoeur in conjunction with The House of the Seven Gables. At dusk, Young Goodman Brown sets off on “a ...

In “Bright Circle,” Randall Fuller shines a light on the women behind — and before — the male philosophers of 19th-century Massachusetts. By Francesca Wade Paul Theroux, the quintessential travel ...

During America’s antebellum era, there was an enduring friendship that flourished between a mediocre president and a celebrated author. Over four decades, Franklin Pierce, America’s 14th commander in ...

ABSTRACT On June 28, 1832, Nathaniel Hawthorne penned a letter to Franklin Pierce describing plans for a Northern tour through New York into Canada, a trip that he was forced to postpone due to the ...

NORTH ADAMS — In July 1838, Nathaniel Hawthorne struck out on the road, traveling west. His destination? North Adams. He arrived in North Adams — then the north village of Adams, as the communities ...

Historian Brenda Wineapple has authored a number of intriguing books about 19th century American writers and social processes in particular. We first encountered her work in the process of writing ...

A historic home up for sale in Salem is not to be scorned — but rather embraced — unlike the protagonist of the novel that was written by the author who used to live there. The house, located at 18 ...