Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter (2022)

Nathaniel Hawthorne.
The Scarlet Letter.
Edited by Karen Swallow Prior ("A Guide to Reading and Reflecting").
Nashville, Tennessee: B&H Publishing, 2022.

Book Information: Publisher; Google Books; Wikipedia; Amazon.com.

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Wikipedia Articles:

• Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804–1864).
• Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter, 1850.
• American literature: 19th century : Unique American style.
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• Colonial history of the United States: New England.
• Massachusetts Bay Colony.
• Puritans.

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Editor:

• Karen Swallow Prior, her website.
• Karen Swallow Prior, Substack.
• Karen Swallow Prior, Twitter.
• Karen Swallow Prior, B&H Publishing.
• Karen Swallow Prior, OCLC WorldCat Entities.
• Prior, Karen Swallow, The Library of Congress, LC Name Authority File (LCNAF).
• Karen Swallow Prior. Booked: Literature in the Soul of Me. Ossining, New York: T. S. Poetry Press, 2012.
  [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
• Karen Swallow Prior. Fierce Convictions: The Extraordinary Life of Hannah More: Poet, Reformer, Abolitionist. Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 2014.
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• Karen Swallow Prior. On Reading Well: Finding the Good Life through Great Books. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Brazos Press (Baker Publishing Group), 2018.
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• Karen Swallow Prior. The Evangelical Imagination: How Stories, Images, and Metaphors Created a Culture in Crisis. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Brazos Press (Baker Publishing Group), 2023.
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Some other editions of The Scarlet Letter :

• Nathaniel Hawthorne. The Scarlet Letter and Other Writings, Second Edition. Edited by Leland S. Person. Norton Critical Editions. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2016.
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• Nathaniel Hawthorne. The Scarlet Letter. Edited by Brian Harding. Introduction by Cindy Weinstein. Oxford World's Classics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007.
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• Nathaniel Hawthorne. The Scarlet Letter. Introduction by Robert Milder. Notes by Thomas E. Connolly. Penguin Classics. New York: Penguin Books, 2016.
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• Nathaniel Hawthorne. Collected Novels. Edited by Millicent Bell. Library of America, Number 10. New York: Library of America, 1983.
  [Publisher; Publisher, Subscribers' Page; Google Books; Amazon.com.]

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Readers will find more (and probably better) editorial matter (lengthier introductions, bibliographies to literary studies, more analytical or explanatory notes) in the Norton, Oxford, and Penguin editions.

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Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida (1982)

William Shakespeare.
Troilus and Cressida.
Edited by Kenneth Muir.
The Oxford Shakespeare.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008.
This edition was first published in 1982.

Book Information: Publisher; Google Books; Wikipedia; Amazon.com.

Book Series: The Oxford Shakespeare; Oxford World's Classics.

Some other noteworthy editions of Troilus and Cressida :

• William Shakespeare. Troilus and Cressida, Revised Edition. Edited by David Bevington. The Arden Shakespeare, Third Series. London: Bloomsbury Press, 2015.
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• William Shakespeare. Troilus and Cressida, Second Edition. Edited by Anthony B. Dawson. Introduction by Gretchen Minton. The New Cambridge Shakespeare. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2017.
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Editor: Kenneth Muir

• Kenneth Muir (scholar) (1907–1996), Wikipedia.
• Kenneth Muir, OCLC WorldCat Entities.
• Muir, Kenneth, The Library of Congress, LC Name Authority File (LCNAF).

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Wikipedia Articles:

Shakespeare:

• William Shakespeare (1564–1616).
• Troilus and Cressida, probably written in 1602; first printed in 1609.
• Chronology of Shakespeare's plays: Troilus and Cressida (1600–1602).
• Shakespearean tragedy.
• Shakespearean problem play.
• Tragicomedy.

English Renaissance Literature, Drama:

• English Renaissance, 16th - 17th Centuries.
• English literature: English Renaissance (1500–1660).
• Elizabethan literature.
• English literature: Jacobean period (1603–1625).
• English Renaissance theatre.

England during Shakespeare's Time:

• Tudor period, 1485–1603.
• Elizabethan era, 1558–1603.
• Elizabethan government.
• Elizabethan Religious Settlement.
• English society: Tudor society.
• Elizabeth I (1533–1603); Queen of England and Ireland 1558–1603.
• Elizabeth I: Later years.
• Stuart period, 1603–1714.
• Jacobean era, 1603–1625.
• James VI and I (1566–1625); King of Scotland as James VI 1567–1625; King of England and Ireland as James I 1603–1625.
• Early modern Britain, 16th – 18th Centuries.

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García and Miralles, Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life (2017)

Héctor García and Francesc Miralles.
Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life.
Translated by Heather Cleary.
New York: Penguin Books, 2017.
Previously published as Ikigai: Los secretos de Japon para una vida larga y feliz, Barcelona: Ediciones Urano, 2016.

Book Information: Publisher; Amazon.com.

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Author Information:

• Héctor García, his website.
• Francesc Miralles, his website.
• Francesc Miralles (b. 1968), Wikipedia.
• francesc_miralles, Instagram.

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Wikipedia Articles:

• Ikigai, "a Japanese concept referring to something that gives a person a sense of purpose, a reason for living"; "a motivating force"; "something that brings pleasure or fulfilment"; "a sense of purpose in life".

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I found Ikigai by García and Miralles unsatisfactory for a number of reasons. Rather than elaborate on that dissatisfaction, here are a couple of alternative books that appear more focused on "Ikigai".

• Ken Mogi. Awakening Your Ikigai: How the Japanese Wake Up to Joy and Purpose Every Day. New York: The Experiment, 2018.
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• Tim Tamashiro. How to Ikigai: Lessons for Finding Happiness and Living Your Life's Purpose. Coral Gables, Florida: Mango, 2019.
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To give García and Miralles their due, they did eventually publish a book that may be useful for people pursuing their "Ikigai" (however I feel so abused by wasting my money on their superficial 2017 book Ikigai that I resist considering it):

• Héctor García and Francesc Miralles. The Ikigai Journey: A Practical Guide to Finding Happiness and Purpose the Japanese Way. Tokyo; Rutland, Vermont; and Singapore: Tuttle Publishing, 2020.
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And another related book that the Japanese say describes "Ikigai" that one shouldn't overlook:

• Viktor E. Frankl. Man's Search for Meaning. Boston: Beacon Press, 1959, 2006.
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Merriman, A History of Modern Europe: From the French Revolution to the Present (2009)

John Merriman.
A History of Modern Europe: Volume 2, From the French Revolution to the Present, Third Edition.
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2009.
(A Fourth Edition was published in 2019.)

Book Information: Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.

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Author:

• John M. Merriman (1946–2022), Wikipedia.
• Penelope Laurans, "In Memoriam: John M. Merriman, French historian, beloved teacher", Yale News, 26 May 2022.
• John M. Merriman, OCLC WorldCat Entities.
• Merriman, John M., The Library of Congress, LC Name Authority File (LCNAF).
• John Merriman, European Civilization, 1648-1945, HIST 202, Yale Open Courses, Fall 2008. [YouTube PlayList.]
• John Merriman, France Since 1871, HIST 276, Yale Open Courses, Fall 2007. [YouTube PlayList.]
• John M. Merriman. A History of Modern Europe: Volume 1, From the Renaissance to the Age of Napoleon, Third Edition. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2009.
  [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
  My post for Volume 1 is here.

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Wikipedia Articles:

• History of Europe: From revolution to imperialism (1789–1914).
• Age of Revolution, late-18th to the mid-19th centuries.
• International relations (1814–1919).
• Industrial Revolution.
• History of Europe: 1914–1945: two world wars.
• History of Europe: Cold War era.
• Cold War, 1945 – 1991.

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Sōseki, Kokoro (1957)

Sōseki Natsume.
Kokoro.
Translated by Edwin McClellan.
Washington, D.C.: Gateway Editions (Regnery Publishing, Salem Media Group), 1957.

Book Information: Publisher; Wikipedia; Amazon.com.

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Wikipedia Articles:

• Natsume Sōseki (1867–1916).
• Sōseki, Kokoro, 1914.
• Japanese literature: Meiji, Taishō, and early Shōwa-period literature (1868–1945).
• Edwin McClellan (1925–2009).

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Hiraide, The Guest Cat (2014)

Takashi Hiraide.
The Guest Cat.
Translated by Eric Selland.
New York: New Directions, 2014.
A New Directions Paperbook Original, NDP1274.
Originally published as: Neko no Kyaku, Tokyo: Kawade Shobo Shinsha, 2001.

Book Information: Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.

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Wikipedia Articles:

• Takashi Hiraide (b. 1950).
• Japanese literature: Postwar literature (1945–onwards).

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Suzuki, Wabi Sabi: The Wisdom in Imperfection (2021)

Nobuo Suzuki.
Wabi Sabi: The Wisdom in Imperfection.
Translated by Russell Andrew Calvert.
Tokyo; Rutland, Vermont; and Singapore: Tuttle Publishing, 2021.
Previously published in Spain by Ediciones Oblisco, 2020.

Book Information: Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.

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Author Information:

• Nobuo Suzuki, his website.
• Nobuo Suzuki, @_Nobuo_Suzuki_, X / Twitter.

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Wikipedia Articles:

• Wabi-sabi.
• Japanese aesthetics.
• Mono no aware.
• Culture of Japan.

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