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dc.identifier	ECF_article_8298
dc.title	Da Enea allo sciamano: My Kinsman, Major Molineux e la discesa agli inferi del sogno americano
dc.contributor.author	Botta Enrico
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Venice University Press, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.type	Articolo
dc.language.iso	it
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/it/edizioni4/riviste/annali-di-ca-foscari-serie-occidentale/2022/56/da-enea-allo-sciamano-my-kinsman-major-molineux-e/
dc.description.abstract	The article focuses on Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short story My Kinsman, Major Molineux (1832) and aims at demonstrating how the journey undertaken by his young character Robin constitutes a re-elaboration of the classic theme of the catabasis within the mid-nineteenth century American cultural context. Robin, the protagonist of a tale on the foundation of the United States, is engaged in an epic quest which drives him into the underworld of a society where the values of freedom, equality, and happiness are inter-mingled with corruption, violence and wicked patriotism. At the end of his adventure, Hawthorne’s hero joins a violent masquerade that seems to anticipate the ‘patriots’ attack on Capitol Hill on January 6, 2021.
dc.relation.ispartof	Annali di Ca’ Foscari. Serie occidentale
dc.relation.ispartof	Vol. 56 \| Settembre 2022
dc.issued	2022-08-31
dc.dateAccepted	2022-04-29
dc.dateSubmitted	2022-02-15
dc.identifier.issn
dc.identifier.eissn	2499-1562
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/AnnOc/2499-1562/2022/10/007
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	American epic literature
dc.subject	Catabasis
dc.subject	Nathaniel Hawthorne
dc.subject	National foundation
dc.subject	US Capitol Riot

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Da Enea allo sciamano: My Kinsman, Major Molineux e la discesa agli inferi del sogno americano

Enrico Botta Università degli Studi di Verona, Italia

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abstract

The article focuses on Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short story My Kinsman, Major Molineux (1832) and aims at demonstrating how the journey undertaken by his young character Robin constitutes a re-elaboration of the classic theme of the catabasis within the mid-nineteenth century American cultural context. Robin, the protagonist of a tale on the foundation of the United States, is engaged in an epic quest which drives him into the underworld of a society where the values of freedom, equality, and happiness are inter-mingled with corruption, violence and wicked patriotism. At the end of his adventure, Hawthorne’s hero joins a violent masquerade that seems to anticipate the ‘patriots’ attack on Capitol Hill on January 6, 2021.

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31 Agosto 2022

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29 Aprile 2022

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15 Febbraio 2022

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Keywords: Nathaniel Hawthorne • National foundation • US Capitol Riot • American epic literature • Catabasis

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