annotated bibliography-literary criticism

Ryskamp, Charles. “The New England Sources of The Scarlett Letter”. Duke University Press. 1959. 291-303.

In this literary criticism, Ryskamp talks about the years in which The Scarlet Letter takes place. I found this helpful for my research paper because I can tell what age Pearl was in each chapter. He says the first four chapters took place in 1642, chapters seven and eight were in 1645, and the rest of the story took place in 1649. This means that Pearl was an infant, and then the story jumps to when she was three, and then once more to when she was seven. He also gives a lot of background information on Puritans, which I also found helpful in my research paper.