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This chapter contains sections titled: Hawthorne: A Portrait of an Artist Hawthorne and the Historical Tale Hawthorne Beyond History References and Further Reading

A painting might be begun by a master and finished by members of his studio, or a painting might be executed by an unknown artist who consciously deployed the style of the master. [...]examples from the Early Modern period through the nineteenth century suggest the complicated yet rich interconnectedness of art produced by artists, at times unidentified, who copied or imitated the manner of a master. [...]does the composition of The MarbL· Faun - this copy/original novel \"polished\" by Sophia's \"aesthetic company\" - mimic the studiosystem production of the visual arts which it represents. Like painters in their studio, the Hawthornes were writers in the atelier of their home. [...]the American, English, and Italian journals became the \"originals\" that Sophia started copying just six short months after her husband's death; any hesitation about entering the literary marketplace quickly collapsed beneath economic pressures. According to Nathaniel, Sophia had produced \"the most perfect pictures that ever were put on paper\" (18:63-64), and she was now attracted to her husband's verbal \"pictures,\" \"sketches,\" and \"photographs,\" even those depicting grotesque or personal situations, for the material that she \"copied.\"