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Kelley Wyn |
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Herman Melville [[electronic resource] ] : an introduction / / Wyn Kelley |
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Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2008 |
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1-281-30875-7 |
9786611308759 |
0-470-69408-4 |
0-470-69327-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (246 p.) |
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Collana |
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Blackwell introductions to literature ; ; 19 |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [206]-216) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Herman Melville; Contents; Texts and Abbreviations; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Preface; Part I Introduction; 1 Melville 's Life; 2 "Agatha " and the Invention of Narrative; Part II Melville 's Early Yarns; 3 "Making Literary Use of the Story ":Typee and Omoo; 4 "A Regular Story Founded on Striking Incidents ": Mardi ,Redburn ,and White-Jacket; Part III Writing New Gospel in Moby-Dick and Pierre; 5 "So Much of Pathos &So Much of Depth ":Moby-Dick; 6 "All Tender Obligations ":Pierre; Part IV Turning a New Leaf:Short Fiction, Israel Potter ,and The Con . dence-Man |
7 "A Leaf from Professional Experience ":Short Fiction of the 1850s8 "Peculiarly Latitudinarian Notions ":Israel Potter and The Con . dence-Man; Part V Melville 's Later Career; 9 "Fulness &Veins &Beauty ":Battle-Pieces and Clarel; 10 "Different Considerations ":Late Poetry; 11 "Instinct with Signi . cance ":Billy Budd; Afterword:"Restoring To You Your Own Property ": Owning Melville; Appendix:The "Agatha " Correspondence; Notes; Biblio |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This unique introduction explores Herman Melville as he described himself in Billy Budd-"a writer whom few know." Moving beyond the recurring depiction of Melville as the famous author of Moby-Dick, this book traces his development as a writer while providing the basic tools for successful critical reading of his novels. |
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