The Scarlet Letter: The Manga Edition - Softcover

Hawthorne, Nathaniel; Lin, Yali; Sexton, Adam

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9780470148891: The Scarlet Letter: The Manga Edition

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ISBN 10: 0470148896 ISBN 13: 9780470148891

Publisher: Cliffs Notes, 2009

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The Scarlet Letter: The Manga Edition will be a hit with both manga readers and in the classroom. A four-page essay at the beginning ties the novel and manga together; the rest of the book is taken up with the manga novel itself. So, there should be strong carryover between those people who are manga readers and those teachers/students who want a new and unique way to read the plays.Our The Scarlet Letter manga is true to the original context of the play--we don't take Hester and Pearl and set them in a setting/time that's not relevant to Hawthorne's original and intended time/setting. You could say that ours is "true" to the novel.

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From the Back Cover:

Adultery. A woman publicly shamed. A tormented minister ravaged with guilt. A vengeful physician bent on perverse justice. A tragic indiscretion becomes a symbol of repentance and dignity, secrecy and sin, redemption and triumph.

This fast-paced manga brings 17th-century puritanical Massachusetts to life in one of the most provocative, widely read stories in American literature.

About the Author:

YALI LIN earned a BFA in cartooning from the School of Visual Arts in 2006, and has been teaching manga courses to children and teens in New York City. In her free time, she enjoys card making, organizing, and creating her own comics which you can find at www.yalilin.com.

ADAM SEXTON is author of Master Class in Fiction Writing and editor of the anthologies Love Stories, Rap on Rap, and Desperately Seeking Madonna. He has written on art and entertainment for The New York Times and The Village Voice, and he has taught fiction writing and literature at New York University and Parsons School of Design. A graduate of Columbia University and the University of Pennsylvania, he lives in Brooklyn with his wife and son.

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