Imbued with an inquiring imagination, an intensely meditative mi

Imbued with an inquiring imagination, an intensely meditative mind, and unceasing interest in the"interior of the heart" of man's being,（）remains one of the most interesting, yet most ambivalent writers in the American literary history.
A、Washington Irving
B、Ralph Waldo Emerson
C、Nathaniel Hawthorne
D、Walt Whitman
【正确答案】：C
【题目解析】：霍桑被评价为一个生活的旁观者，这一人生态度决定了他对人的内心、心理活动的兴趣和洞察力。他深受原罪思想的影响，而且原罪代代相传，倡导人们以善行来洗刷罪恶，净化心灵。