Annotated Bibliography

Bradford, William. Of Plymouth Plantation. The Norton Anthology of American Literature:  Volume I. 4th ed. 1 vols. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1994. 130‑160. Of Plymouth Plantation is the journaled story of Bradford’s trip to the New World of America.  The work is famous and provides insight into the minds of the puritan pilgrims.  He is considered one of the patriarchs of America.

Crews, Fredrick. “The Logic of Compulsion in ”Roger Malvin’s Burial“.” MLA:  Publications of the Modern Language Association of America 79 (1964): 457‑465. Although the majority of contemporary critics dispute Crew’s ideas now, the article is quoted and examined by almost every critic writing on “Roger Malvin’s Burial.”  Crew writes a Freudian critique of the short story.  He purposes that Oedipal complex compels Reuben to leave Roger and then kill his son.  The “compulsion” of his guilt compels him to make the situation “right.”

Daly, Robert J. “History and Chivalric Myth in ”Roger Malvin’s Burial“.” Essex Institute Historical Collections 109 (1973): 99‑115. Daly goes into great detail in his article of every theory presented on “Roger Malvin’s Burial,” and then discredits them.  He is determined that Hawthorne intended to make “Roger Malvin’s Burial,” a satirization of Puritans’ self‑made history and the moral wrongs committed by Reuben relating to his breaking of the chivalric code.

Donohue, Agnes McNeill. “”From Whose Bourn No Traveler Returns“:  A Reading of ”Roger Malvin’s Burial“.” Nineteenth‑Century Fiction 18.1 (1963): 1‑19. JSTOR. C.S.U Fullerton Pollack Library. 7 Oct. 2001 <http://www.jstor.org/>. This article examines the short story’s divisions into sections.  Her final conclusion makes “Roger Malvin’s Burial,” a morality play.  She emphasizes the point that no real Puritan dream or ideas exists. To Donohue, the killing of Cyrus initiates the Puritans’ initiation into a post‑lapsarian world.

Erlich, Gloria  Chasson. “Guilt and Expiation in ”Roger Malvin’s Burial“.” Nineteenth‑Century Fiction 26.4 (1972): 377‑389. JSTOR. C.S.U. Fullerton Pollack Library. 25 Nov. 2001 <http://www.jstor.org/>. Erlich addresses the question of “What is Reuben guilty of?” in her essay.  She considers the modern reader and Hawthorne’s contemporary reader.  Her eventual conclusion is that Reuben does posses guilt for leaving Roger in the wilderness; that is his major transgression.

Hawthorne, Nathaniel. “Roger Malvin’s Burial”. N.p., 1832. ClassicReader.com. 10 Nov. 2001. Path: http://www.classicreader.com/read.php/sid.6/bookid.285/. All of Hawthorne’s short stories and some of his longer works are available on the Classic Reader site.  The site includes many other authors and their works, as well.  This is a good source if one is searching for a difficult to obtain piece of short fiction.

Mackenzie, Manfred. “Hawthorne’s ”Roger Malvin’s Burial“:  A Postcolonial Reading.” New Literary History 27.3 (1996): 459‑472. Project Muse. Johns Hopkins University Educational Journals. C.S.U. Fullerton. 27 Nov. 2001 <http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/>. Mackenzie’s article proved vital to my paper.  He addresses the “neo colonialist” attitudes of the Puritans and frontier settlers. He also discusses how the violence the Americans to conquer the frontier will follow them.  Mackenzie proposes that Hawthorne intended for a postcolonial reading of “Roger Malvin’s Burial.”

McIntosh, James. “Nature and Frontier in ”Roger Malvin’s Burial“.” American Literature 60.2 (1988): 188‑204. JSTOR. C.S.U. Fullerton Pollack Library. 7 Nov. 2001 <http://www.jstor.org>. McIntosh examines the setting of Hawthorne’s “Roger Malvin’s Burial” in his essay.  He purposes that the setting is vital to the telling of the story and reveals a great deal about the glorification of the battles with the Native Americans.  McIntosh is explicit in how Nature affected and effected the frontiersmen. He also includes a detailed history of Lovewell’s battle.

Naples, Diane C. “”Roger Malvin’s Burial“‑‑A Parable for Historians.” American Transcendental Quarterly:  A Journal of New England Writers 13 (1972): 45‑48. Naples takes a new historicist point of view in her article  She examines how the presentation of historical information effects the entirety of “Roger Malvin’s Burial.”  She concludes that the American’s of the frontier could not escape their violent past.

Orians, G. Harrison. “The Source of Hawthorne’s ”Roger Malvin’s Burial.“.” American Literature 10.November (1938): 313‑318. Orians thoroughly researches the background of Hawthorne’s “Roger Malvin’s Burial.”  He delves into the historical accounts of Lovewell’s battle and relates individuals who fought in the battle to Hawthorne’s depictions of Roger and Reuben.  Orian’s article is frequently quoted by scholars interested in “Roger Malvin’s Burial.”

Samson, John. “Hawthorne’s Oak Trees.” American Literature 52.3 (1980): 457‑491. JSTOR. C.S.U. Fullerton Pollack Library. 7 Nov. 2001 <http://www.jstor.org/>. Although not quoted in my paper, this essay provides interesting information about Hawthorne’s Oak trees.  He focuses on the symbolism of the Oak in colonial New England and the specific connotations of the Oak to incidents in Connecticut.  Much of the historical information I provide was influenced by this article.

Slotkin, Richard. Regeneration Through Violence:  The Mythology of the American Frontier 1600‑1860. 1973. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2000. 1‑222. Slotkin brilliantly complies historical information and makes connections from Puritan history to the formation of the Puritan myths.  He discusses how the frontier went from a scary, sinful place to the home of the settlers and the myths that formed in the process.  Although I only quoted from the first eight chapter of the book, the entire texts sheds light on our American history and the American Dream.

Stock, Ely. “History and the Bible in ”Roger Malvin’s Burial“.” Essex Institute Historical Collections 100 (1964): 279‑296. This article examines the Biblical references in “Roger Malvin’s Burial.”  Stock deeply examines the characters’ names and their biblical connotation and connections.  Stock, then, relates the biblical analogies to the characters and their meanings to “Roger Malvin’s Burial.”  Daly thoroughly discredits Stock’s ideas in his article.

Winthrop, John. A Model of Christian Charity. 1838. Norton Anthology of American Literature:  Volume I. 4th ed. Vol. 1. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1994. 170‑180. Winthrop’s sermon is the quintessential Puritan sermon.  It contains lines that have morphed into maxims and influenced the ideals of future generations.  It sheds light on the Puritan mind and their ultimate goals within the New World.