The Cambridge Introduction to Herman Melville
Despite its indifferent reception when it was first published in 1851, Moby Dick is now a central work in the American literary canon. This introduction offers readings of Melville's masterpiece, but it also sets out the key themes, contexts, and critical reception of his entire oeuvre. The first chapters cover Melville's life and the historical and cultural contexts. Melville's individual works each receive full attention in the third chapter, including Typee, Moby Dick, Billy Budd and the short stories. Elsewhere in the chapter different themes in Melville are explained with reference to several works: Melville's writing process, Melville a…
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- ISBN: 978-0-521-85480-1
- EAN: 9780521854801
- Produktnummer: 2561944
- Verlag: Cambridge University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
- Seitenangabe: 154 S.
- Masse: H23.5 cm x B15.7 cm x D1.3 cm 386 g
- Abbildungen: HC gerader Rücken kaschiert
- Gewicht: 386
Über den Autor
Kevin J. Hayes is Professor of English at the University of Central Oklahoma.
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