The Scarlet Letter and Other WritingsThis Second Norton Critical Edition also includes: Revised and expanded explanatory footnotes, a new preface, and a note on the text by Leland S. Person. Key passages from Hawthorne's notebooks and letters that suggest the close relationship between his private and public writings Seven new critical essays by Brook Thomas, Michael Ryan, Thomas R. Mitchell, Jay Grossman, Jamie Barlowe, John Ronan, and John F. Birk. A Chronology and revised and expanded