Herman Melville [[electronic resource] ] : an introduction / / Wyn Kelley
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| Autore: |
Kelley Wyn
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| Titolo: |
Herman Melville [[electronic resource] ] : an introduction / / Wyn Kelley
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| Pubblicazione: | Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (246 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 813/.3 |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [206]-216) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. Using the extraordinary "Agatha" correspondence with Nathaniel Hawthorne as a key to Melville's writing practices, beliefs and inclinations, the volume introduces Melville as a writer who constantly reflected on his craft and experimented with new forms and |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Herman Melville |
| ISBN: | 1-281-30875-7 |
| 9786611308759 | |
| 0-470-69408-4 | |
| 0-470-69327-4 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910145693403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Blackwell introductions to literature ; ; 19.