Beata Beatrix by D.G. Rossetti(courtesy of the Tate Gallery, London)
In her lecture "Work and Money in Hawthorne's Fiction" delivered at The
House of the Seven Gables Historic Site on October 20, 2000, Dr. Claudia Durst
Johnson, Professor emeritus, University of Alabama, comments on the nature
of male ambition in "Rappaccini's Daughter." (used
with permission of the author)
In his lecture "The Meanings of Hawthorne's Women," delivered at The House
of the Seven Gables Historic Site on September 8, 2000, Dr. Richard Millington
poses a literary experiment considering how "Rappaccini's
Daughter" might differ had it been written by Margaret Fuller. (used with
permission of the author)
In this lecture Dr. Richard Millington also comments on the continuing
presence and effect of male ambition in many of Hawthorne's stories. (used
with permission of the author)
