Hawthornean

English

Alternative forms

• Hawthornian

Etymology

Hawthorne +‎ -an

Adjective

Hawthornean (comparative more Hawthornean, superlative most Hawthornean)

1. Of or pertaining to Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864), American writer of dark Romantic novels and short stories.
   • 1978, Andrew Holleran, chapter 5, in Dancer from the Dance‎^[1], New York: New American Library, page 143:

     “ […] I think you owe it to them both to let them in on your dark, Hawthornian little secret. Let them know you’re gay.”

   • 1996, Rosemary Mahoney, “Without a Trace,” review of The Missing by Andrew O’Hagan, New York Times, 10 November, 1996,^[2]

     This unsettling book […] is suffused with the Hawthornean notion that at the edge of every village lies a dark forest, waiting to ensnare the unsuspecting.