Chapter XXIX: Miles Coverdale's Confession
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"Chapter XXIX: Miles Coverdale's Confession" is a pivotal late chapter in Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel *The Blithedale Romance*, in which the narrator reveals crucial personal truths and hidden motivations that reframe the story’s preceding events.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
chapter
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literary work section ⓘ |
| appearsInNovel | The Blithedale Romance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithAuthor | Nathaniel Hawthorne's late career ⓘ |
| author | Nathaniel Hawthorne ⓘ |
| basedInWorkPublicationYear | 1852 ⓘ |
| centralCharacter |
Hollingsworth
NERFINISHED
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Miles Coverdale NERFINISHED ⓘ Priscilla NERFINISHED ⓘ Zenobia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chapterNumber | 29 ⓘ |
| contributesTo |
overall ambiguity of The Blithedale Romance
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psychological depth of Miles Coverdale ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| firstPublicationYear | 1852 ⓘ |
| functionInNarrative |
acts as partial narrative self-exposure
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reframes preceding events ⓘ |
| hasAuthorNationality | American ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
frame reinterpretation of plot
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retrospective confession ⓘ unreliable narration ⓘ |
| literaryGenre | novel chapter ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | American Romanticism ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
climactic revelation chapter
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introspective monologue ⓘ |
| narrator | Miles Coverdale NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalMedium | print ⓘ |
| originalPublicationForm | book ⓘ |
| partOf | The Blithedale Romance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionInWork | late chapter ⓘ |
| relatedWork | The Blithedale Romance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reveals |
Miles Coverdale's hidden motivations
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Miles Coverdale's personal feelings toward other characters ⓘ retrospective interpretation of Blithedale events ⓘ |
| settingContext | aftermath of Blithedale community experiment ⓘ |
| theme |
failed idealism
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guilt ⓘ limits of confession ⓘ self-knowledge ⓘ unrequited or repressed desire ⓘ voyeurism and detachment ⓘ |
| titleOf | chapter 29 of The Blithedale Romance ⓘ |
| workAuthor | Nathaniel Hawthorne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workTypeContext | utopian community narrative ⓘ |
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