The first step taken by American scholars on the soil of the Middle East on the basis of understanding the enlightenment, realism and erudition of Eastern literature, is generally considered to be a reflection of the relations America's trade with the East. It was the beginning of Orientalism among American readers and branched into four major theoretical approaches: Old Orientalism (O.P. Kejriwal), New Orientalism (Edward Said), Orientalism (David Canadine. Subaltern Studies (Gyatri Spivak), and Appropriate Model of Orientalism (Raymond Schwab) These models emerged to scrape the layer between the East and the West and this propensity helped them to understand each other as American artists and the intellectual elite, sailed eastward in search of religious panoramas and mysticism for their canvases One of the most famous American painters was Frederick Church (1826-1900) whose writings revolve around oriental objects and ideas from the East , with prototypes of biblical scenes, spiritual interpretation of nature, fusion of "Persian" and Western styles We have another devotee of the fine arts of the East and a descriptive writer named Frederick Bridgman, (1847-1928), an American artist,. he is known for his paintings of oriental themes. Whose importance is beyond question in the field of painting, he had two ateliers. “One was decorated in ancient Egyptian style, the other was filled with palm trees, fabrics, some glimpses of tradition...... middle of paper......ed. Seymour Gross and Rosalie. USA: OSUPress, 1977. Press.Luther, Luedtke S. Nathaniel Hawthorne and Eastern Romanticism. Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 1989.Print.Leland S,Person.Nathaniel Hawthorne. Ed.Harold Bloom.Sterling: Yale University Press, Print.The Cambridge Introduction to Nathaniel HawthorneCambridge University Press.Print Nathaniel Hawthorne. Ed. Harold Bloom.Sterling Yale University Press, Print Said, Edward W. Orientalism. London: Penguin, 1995. Print. The Scarlet Letter. Ed. Rita K. Gollin. NY: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2002. Web. Wright, Sarah Bird. Critical Companion to Nathaniel Hawthorne.New Yark: Print.William White, JrThe Personal Philosophy of Nathaniel HawthorneUniversity of Florida.June 1953.Print.Renolds To Larry j. Historical Guide to Nathaniel HawthorneOxford University Press, Print.
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