| Description |
viii, 262 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. |
| Series |
Historical guides to American authors |
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Historical guides to American authors.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-241) and index. |
| Contents |
Herman Melville, 1819-1891: a brief biography / Robert Milder -- Melville in his time -- Romantic answers, Victorian questions: cultural possibilities for Melville at midcentury / Leon Chai -- Melville and class / Myra Jehlen -- Melville and the marketplace / Sheila Post -- Without the pale: Melville and ethnic cosmopolitanism / Timothy Marr -- "Wandering to-and-fro": Melville and religion / Emory Elliott. |
| Subject |
Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Novelists, American -- 19th century -- Biography -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Literature and history -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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| Added Author |
Gunn, Giles B.
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| ISBN |
0195142810 (acid-free paper : cloth) |
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9780195142815 (acid-free paper : cloth) |
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0195142829 (acid-free paper : paper) |
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9780195142822 (acid-free paper : paper) |
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