From Hoffman to Heydrich: Is Collective Schizophenia Mirrored in Post-Romantic Literature and Art? Nathaniel Hawthorne made reference to a "separation of the intellect and the heart" in an entry in his notebook in 1844 and thus encapsulated in a phrase much that is embodied by characters in his novels such as Chillingworth in The Scarlet Letter or Ethan Brand in a short story named after him. As scientifically meticulous investigators both men betray a cold and almost fiendish indifference to human suffering and anguish. By contrast, Dimmesdale, Chillingworth’s rival and antagonist, is the suf
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