The Sins of the Fathers: Hawthorne's Psychological Themes

"Frederick Crews's "The Sins of the Fathers: Hawthorne's Psychological Themes has become a classic in the field of Hawthorne studies and can be considered one of the most intelligent psychoanalytic readings of a major American writer."--Joel Porte, Cornell University"The best book we have on Hawthorne, bar none."--Giles Gunn, University of California, Santa Barbara