The Marble Faun
by Nathaniel Hawthorneliterary work· published 1860
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Hawthorne's novel of Americans abroad, the first novel to explore the influence of European cultural ideas on American morality. Although it is set in Rome, the fictive world of The Marble Faun depends not on Italy's social or historical significance, but rather on its aesthetic importance as a definer of 'civilization'. As in The Scarlet Letter, Hawthorne is concerned here with the nature of transgression and guilt. A murder, motivated by love, affects not only Donatello, the murderer, but his beloved Miriam and their friends Hilda and Kenyon. As he explores the reactions of each to the crime, Hawthorne dramatizes both the freedoms a new cultural model inspires and the self-censoring conformities it requires.
Adaptations (1)
The Marble Faun was adapted into a 1977 miniseries.
Il Fauno di marmo1977 · miniseries · 180 min · IMDb ↗IMDb6.3Miniseries loosely based on the novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne.
