Model
Digital Document
Publisher
Florida Atlantic University
Description
Nathaniel Hawthorne ~rew extensively on the poetry of John Milton for
his fiction. Hawthorne praised Milton in his works and often referred
to his poems. Many of Hawthorne's garden scenes have their symbolic
roots in the Miltonic Eden, and his Blithedale Romance displays a great
familiarity with Milton's! Mask Presented at Ludlow Castle (Comus). Hawthorne's
late romance, The Marble Faun, employs the Miltonic theme of
man's fall from grace and often parallels the structure of Paradise Lost.
his fiction. Hawthorne praised Milton in his works and often referred
to his poems. Many of Hawthorne's garden scenes have their symbolic
roots in the Miltonic Eden, and his Blithedale Romance displays a great
familiarity with Milton's! Mask Presented at Ludlow Castle (Comus). Hawthorne's
late romance, The Marble Faun, employs the Miltonic theme of
man's fall from grace and often parallels the structure of Paradise Lost.
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