Elmira V. Vasileva

Ambiguity and Myth in N. Hawthorne’s “Egotism; Or, The Bosom-Serpent”

In the article Nathaniel Hawthorne’s story “Egotism; or, The Bosom-Serpent” (1843) is analysed through the lens of mythological criticism. Although this text has been the subject of considerable scholarly analysis, much of the focus has centered on its allegorical content and the central image of a man harboring a snak...