The Birthmark | Suggested Reading

Here are some suggested reading materials and online resources to help you get a better understanding of Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Birthmark. In addition, we've listed some articles and other books that are similar to The Birthmark that you may enjoy.

Reading Materials

Baym, Nina. "Revisiting Hawthorne's Feminism." The Scarlet Letter and Other Writings. Ed. Leland S. Person. New York: Norton, 2005. 541-58. Print. Norton Critical Ed.

Bromell, Nicholas K. "'The Bloody Hand' of Labor: Work, Class, and Gender in Three Stories by Hawthorne." American Quarterly 42.4 (1990): 542-64. JSTOR. Web.

Lake, Christina Bieber. "Aylmer's Moral Infancy: Nathaniel Hawthorne and the Quest for Human Perfection." Prophets of the Posthuman. Notre Dame: U of Notre Dame P, 2013. 43-59. Rpt. in Short Story Criticism. Ed. Lawrence J. Trudeau. Vol. 232. Farmington Hills: Gale, 2016. Literature Resource Center. Web.

Rucker, Mary E. "Science and Art in Hawthorne's 'The Birthmark.'" Nineteenth-Century Literature.
41.4 (1987): 445-61. JSTOR. Web.

Walsh, Conor. "Aminadab In Nathaniel Hawthorne's THE BIRTH-MARK." Explicator 67.4 (2009): 258-60. Humanities International Complete. Web.

Course Hero. "The Birthmark Infographic." Course Hero. 29 Dec. 2016. Web. 22 June 2020. <https://www.coursehero.com/lit/The-Birthmark/infographic/>.