books.google.co.uk - In this thesis, we present documentation to prove that indeed, the lives and works of both Poe and Osgood are invaluable in understanding the themes and subtext of many of Hawthorne's short and long form writings, including, "The Scarlet Letter." For further substantiation, we make a strong case for...http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/The_Influence_of_Edgar_Allan_Poe_and_Fra.html?id=pRbSzubTxVsC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareThe Influence of Edgar Allan Poe and Frances Sargent Osgood on Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter," and the Introduction of a Previously Unknown Tale by Edgar Allan Poe, "The Snowstorm".
