Scarlet Letter

Dolezal, Joshua. The medical palimpsest of The Scarlet Letter an interdisciplinary reading. Medical Humanities 31, no. 1 (2005) 17-22. 

Leer, David Van. "Hawthorne s alchemy The language of science in "The Scarlet Letter"." In Nature transfigured Science and literature, 1700-1900, eds. John Christie and Sally Suttleworth, 102-120. Manchester Manchester Univ P, 1989. 

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Literary Study, and author of Edgar Allan Foe and The Philadelphia Saturday News (1991). He has recently completed a book-length study of the origins of The Scarlet Letter. 

Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-64), American novelist, author of The Scarlet Letter (1850) and many other... 

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He is robed in the sacerdotal robes of glory the pure white of Divinity, the blue surcoat of Spirit, the violet and scarlet of Form and Action. Upon his breast glitters the koshen, the breastplate of twelve jewels which indicates that, in him, the twelve spiritual types, the twelve sieges, have been integrated and fulfilled the Earth has no more to teach him. He is crowned with a white mitre, upon which letters of fire shine, declaring Holy unto the Lord. ... 

Scarlet continues to tend to Miss Peach. She then goes over to get a scent bottle. Miss Peach reaches for her bag and out falls the letter. She withdraws the envelope and it reads Mrs Catherine Spencer. She holds it closely and then looks up at her reflection in the mirror. She is now complete—beautiful and elegant in both style and makeup. She pauses and stares at the letter. She remains silent. Scarlet returns and stands close by. Miss Peach remains silent. She then takes the letter and replaces it. 

Miss Peach and Scarlet begin to leave the apartment. Scarlet gathers her bag, and before exiting Miss Peach removes the letter from her purse and places it in the frame of a mirror. Miss Peach pauses with her hand and then looks up at her reflection, which is youthful and content. She smiles. 

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