Henry W. Longfellow once said, Hawthorne "was a mysterious man". Longfellow knew Nathaniel Hawthorne in person not as a historian. Nathaniel Hawthorne can be understood if one looks into his past and researches one of his works. Nathaniel Hawthorne's mystery comes from his in depth look into human perception, which shines through his imagery in "Young Goodman Brown". Nathaniel Hawthorne was born into a Puritan family in July of 1804. His father Nathaniel Hathorne was a …showed first 75 words of 2749 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2749 total…Mind and Heart of Nathaniel Hawthorne. Durham, North Carolina: Duke University Press, 1962. 4.Wagenknecht, Edward. Nathaniel Hawthorne: Man and Writer. New York: Oxford University Press, 1961. 5.Norman, Jean. Nathaniel Hawthorne: An Approach to an Analysis of Artistic Creation. Cleveland: Western Reserve University Press, 1970 6.Woodberry, George E.. Nathaniel Hawthorne. Boston: The Riverside Press, 1902. 7.Hawthorne, Nathaniel. 2002. Microsoft. Encarta. Internet 1 Nov. 2002. Available: http://encarta.msn.com. 8. Nathaniel Hawthorne. 2002. Online. Google. Internet. 1 Nov. 2002. Available: http://kirjasto.sci.fi/Hawthorne.htm.