The Cambridge companion to Herman Melville / / edited by Robert S. Levine [[electronic resource]]
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The Cambridge companion to Herman Melville / / edited by Robert S. Levine [[electronic resource]]
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| Pubblicazione: | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 1998 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xix, 305 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina: | 813/.3 |
| Persona (resp. second.): | LevineRobert S <1953-> (Robert Steven) |
| Note generali: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Nov 2015). |
| Nota di contenuto: | Introduction / 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 -- "A!̲̲̲̲̲": 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. |
| "Bewildering intertanglement": Melville's engagement with British culture / Paul Giles -- Melville and the avenging dream / Robert Milder. | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | The Cambridge Companion to Herman Melville is intended to provide a critical introduction to Melville's work. 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, as well as most of his poetry and short fiction. Written at a level 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Cambridge Companion to Herman Melville |
| ISBN: | 1-139-81556-3 |
| 1-139-00037-3 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 996216693503316 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. di Salerno |
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Cambridge companions to literature.