Hawthornean
English
Alternative forms
- Hawthornian
Etymology
Hawthorne + -an
Adjective
Hawthornean (comparative more Hawthornean, superlative most Hawthornean)
- Of or pertaining to Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864), American writer of dark Romantic novels and short stories.
- 1978, Andrew Holleran, Dancer from the Dance, New York: New American Library, Chapter 5, p. 143,
- “ […] I think you owe it to them both to let them in on your dark, Hawthornian little secret. Let them know you’re gay.”
- 1996, Rosemary Mahoney, “Without a Trace,” review of The Missing by Andrew O’Hagan, New York Times, 10 November, 1996,
- This unsettling book […] is suffused with the Hawthornean notion that at the edge of every village lies a dark forest, waiting to ensnare the unsuspecting.
- 1978, Andrew Holleran, Dancer from the Dance, New York: New American Library, Chapter 5, p. 143,