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Author

Hayes, Kevin J.

Title Melville's folk roots / Kevin J. Hayes.

Imprint

Kent, Ohio : Kent State University Press, c1999.

Copies

Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe 2nd Floor Stacks	813.3 M497Dha 1999	---	Axe Inventory 2024

Description	xvi, 134 p. ; 23 cm.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (p. 107-126) and index.
Contents	Superstition and the sea -- Fiction and folksong -- Proverb and irony -- Phantom sailors -- Tall talk and tall tales -- Redburn and the chapbook -- Moby Dick, legend in the making -- Legend, belief, tradition, and Clarel.
Subject	Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 -- Knowledge -- Folklore.
	Literature and folklore -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
	Oral tradition.
	Folklore in literature.
ISBN	0873386256 (cloth : alk. paper)