THE NEW CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO HERMAN MELVILLE by Robert S. Levine (Editor) ( 9781107023130 )

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THE NEW CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO HERMAN MELVILLE

By:

Robert S. Levine (Editor)

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1107023130

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CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

25 November, 2013

Series:

Cambridge Companions to Literature

Pages:

282

Description:

This new collection offers timely, critical essays specially commissioned to provide a comprehensive overview of Melville's career.

Synopsis:

The New Cambridge Companion to Herman Melville provides timely, critical essays on Melville's classic works. The essays have been specially commissioned for this volume and provide a complete overview of Melville's career. Melville's major novels are discussed, along with a range of his short fiction and poetry, including neglected works ripe for rediscovery. The volume includes essays on such new topics as Melville and oceanic studies, Melville and animal studies, and Melville and the planetary, along with a number of essays that focus on form and aesthetics. Written at a level both challenging and accessible, this New Companion brings together a team of leading international scholars to offer students of American literature the most comprehensive introduction available to Melville's art.

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7 b/w illus.

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Cambridge University Press

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