The Artist of the Beautiful

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The Artist of the Beautiful is a short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne that explores themes of idealism, creativity, and the conflict between spiritual beauty and practical reality.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf literary work
short story
author Nathaniel Hawthorne
centralConflict artist versus materialistic society
centralSymbol mechanical butterfly
character Annie Hovenden
Owen Warland
Peter Hovenden
Robert Danforth
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
explores tension between art and practicality
value of inner vision over external success
firstPublicationForm periodical
genre allegory
romantic literature
short story
hasLiteraryDevice allegory
foreshadowing
irony
symbolism
includedIn collections of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s tales
language English
literaryMovement American Romanticism
literarySignificance frequently analyzed in discussions of American Romanticism
often studied as an example of Hawthorne’s treatment of the artist figure
mainCharacter Owen Warland
narrativePerspective third-person narration
relatedWorkByAuthor Rappaccini's Daughter
surface form: Rappaccini’s Daughter

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Young Goodman Brown
setting New England
settingPeriod 19th century
symbolizes the fragility of artistic creation
the ideal of spiritual beauty
theme art versus utilitarianism
conflict between spiritual beauty and practical reality
creativity
failure and perseverance
idealism
imagination
individualism
perception of beauty
spiritual beauty

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