In this ground-breaking comparative study of the major works of Nathaniel Hawthorne and Walker
Percy Elzbieta Oleksy explores the intrinsic affinities between the two writers that transcend
regional and historical barriers. Fully researched the book investigates the development of
the writers' visions. Both Hawthorne and Percy gradually came to view the subjectivity of an
individual as a form of self-realization inferior to the intersubjective communion between
persons. Focusing on the personal encounters between Hawthorne's and Percy's female and male
characters the study re-examines gender roles in the two writers' fiction.
