The Province of PietyIn this celebrated analysis of Nathaniel Hawthorne, Michael J. Colacurcio presents a view of the author as Americas first significant intellectual historian. Colacurcio shows that Hawthornes fiction responds to a wide range of sermons, pamphlets, and religious tracts and debatesa variety of moral discourses at large in the world of provincial New England. Informed by comprehensive historical research, the author shows that Hawthorne was steeped in New