Abstract
Traditionally, interest in the nature of Puritan influence on Nathaniel Haw- thorne has centered upon two issues: the accuracy of his historical settings and the centrality of themes of good and evil in his work.1 As I intend to demon- strate, however, it is the Puritans' historical views, rather than their theological views or "quaint" practices, which provide a sense of Puritanism in the Hawthorne canon. Although Puritan historical views are bound to religious concepts, more importantly they predicate philosophical theories of history, and it is this theoretical or secular construct which Hawthorne explores in his fiction and which explains his characteristic literary techniques.2
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