| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 305 pages) : illustrations, 1 facsimile |
| Series |
Cambridge companions to literature |
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Cambridge companions to literature
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| Contents |
Robert S. Levine -- "Race" in Typee and White-Jacket / Samuel Otter -- Tambourine in glory: African culture and Melville's art / Sterling Stuckey -- Moby-Dick as revolution / John Bryant -- Pierre's domestic ambiguities / Wyn Kelley -- "A̲̲̲̲!̲": unreadability in The Confidence Man / Elizabeth Renker -- Melville the poet / Lawrence Buell -- Melville's traveling God / Jenny Franchot -- Melville and sexuality / Robert K. Martin -- Melville, labor, and the discourses of reception / Cindy Weinstein |
| Summary |
The Cambridge Companion to Herman Melville provides a definitive and critical introduction to Melville's work for students and general readers alike. The essays have been specially commissioned for this volume, and provide a comprehensive overview of Melville's career. All of Melville's key works, including Moby-Dick, Typee, White Jacket, The Tambourine in Glory and The Confidence Man, are examined. Written at a level which is both challenging and accessible, the volume provides fresh perspectives on one of the most significant writers of nineteenth-century America whose work continues to fascinate readers and stimulate new study |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-298) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 -- Criticism and interpretation
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| SUBJECT |
Melville, Herman 1819-1891 |
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Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 -- Critique et interprétation. ram |
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Melville, Herman, 1819-1891. fast (OCoLC)fst00030216 |
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Melville, Herman. |
| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Levine, Robert S. (Robert Steven), 1953-
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| ISBN |
1139000373 |
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9781139000376 |
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(pbk.) |
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(pbk.) |
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