02940oam 2200613I 450 991078772060332120170821160156.01-135-48963-70-203-95921-31-135-48956-410.4324/9780203959213 (CKB)2670000000518778(EBL)1619257(SSID)ssj0001108484(PQKBManifestationID)12461631(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001108484(PQKBWorkID)11103607(PQKB)10594860(OCoLC)874172981(MiAaPQ)EBC1619257(OCoLC)870272635(EXLCZ)99267000000051877820180331d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMelville's monumental imagination /Ian S. MaloneyNew York :Routledge,2006.1 online resource (177 p.)Studies in major literary authorsDescription based upon print version of record.0-415-86719-3 0-415-97531-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction Melville's Monumental Mind; Chapter One Peeping into Polynesian Memorials: Ekphrastic Indifference in Travel and Typee; Chapter Two Plodding through Mardi's Mazes and Monuments: The Imaginary Voyage into Ekphrastic Hope; Chapter Three Redburn's Realistic Journey of Ekphrastic Fear; Chapter Four Frozen Figures, Fluid Forms, and Moby-Dick; Chapter Five Pierre and Israel Potter: Fragments and Forgotten Heroes in Stone and Print; Bibliography; IndexMelville's Monumental Imagination explores the connection between the contested 19th century American monument tradition and one of the nation's most revered authors, Herman Melville (1819-1891). The book was written to fill a void in recent Melville scholarship. To date, there has not been a monograph that focuses exclusively on Melville's incorporation of monuments in his fictional world. The book charts the territory of Melville's novels in order to provide a trajectory of the monumental image in one particular literary form. This feature allows the reader to gradually see the monuStudies in Major Literary AuthorsDescription (Rhetoric)History19th centuryMonuments in literatureMemorials in literatureDescription (Rhetoric)HistoryMonuments in literature.Memorials in literature.813/.3Maloney Ian S.1975,1498775MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910787720603321Melville's monumental imagination3724414UNINA