The House of the Seven Gables: *Online* *NEW*
Hawthorne's celebrated masterpiece is set in the House of the Seven Gables, the fictional equivalent of the real-life Turner-Ingersoll Mansion built in Salem in 1668. Set in a realm between the Actual and the Imaginary, the book weaves strong suggestions of supernatural elements, particularly witchcraft, into the story centered on the ancestral feud between the Maules and the Pyncheons. Hawthorne explores themes of betrayal, justice, and class set against the Gothic backdrop of a gloomy New England mansion with an evil curse.
Instructor: Paul Kurpak
Sections
GABL-SP26.01
8 Wednesdays, 7:45-9:15pm Begins Apr. 8
This class will meet online using Zoom. The Zoom link and information on how to join will be emailed to you. Please also check your spam folder.
Instructors: Paul Karpuk
Instructor
Paul Karpuk
Paul A. Karpuk is a Professor Emeritus at Central Connecticut State University in New Britain, Connecticut. He received a B.A. in Russian and History (emphases in Russian and U.S. history) (double major) from Stanford University in 1976, and an MA. and Ph.D. In Slavic Languages & Literatures from the University of California, Berkeley in 1979 and 1987 respectively. His Ph.D. dissertation was on Nikolai Gogol’s unfinished historical novel “The Hetman,” which has largely determined the direction of his research, dealing generally with the writer’s tales set in Ukrainian history, on which he has published eight articles.