In a pig's eye: masculinity, mastery, and the returned gaze of The Blithedale Romance.(Nathaniel Hawthorne)(Critical essay) From: Studies in American Fiction | Date: September 22, 2006| Author: Greven, David | COPYRIGHT 2006 Northeastern University. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

The young Ellen Langton stares at Fanshawe, the eponymous protagonist of Hawthorne's first novel, marvelling at his beauty; the Minister Hooper prevents anyone from seeing his face, hidden behind a black veil; Feathertop, believing he cuts a dashing figure, stares at himself in the mirror, discovering, to his horror, that he is merely the mirage of a man, a witch's illusion; Giovanni stares at lush, poisonous Beatrice Rappacini in her equally beautiful and deadly garden, little rea...