Revision

In the ancient Near East, the transmission of texts was inextricable from processes of revision. Scribes, at least those in positions of authority, made adjustments to their received material. Whether these alterations took the shape of exegetical glosses, omissions, or major ad…

This study explores the colonial-based historical fiction of Melville (Israel Potter), Sedgwick (Hope Leslie), and Hawthorne (The House of the Seven Gables), and uses references to American textiles and apparel to analyze what John McWilliams calls "the problem of cultural memor…