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Herman Melville, Moby-Dick

Title
Herman Melville, Moby-Dick / edited by Nick Selby.
Publication
New York : Columbia University Press, [1999], c1998.

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Additional Authors
Selby, Nick.
Description
180 p.; 21 cm.
Series Statement
Columbia critical guides
Subject
  • Melville, Herman, 1819-1891
  • Sea stories, American > History and criticism
  • Whaling in literature
  • Whales in literature
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction -- Early reviews -- The 'Melville revival' -- The 1940s : Moby Dick and the 'American Renaissance' -- The 1950s : 'myth criticism' and the growth of American studies -- Formalist approaches, humanist readings -- Cultural materialism and 'reconstructive' readings -- Deconstructive reading, 'post-humanist' critiques and 'new Americanists'.
Call Number
JFD 00-9644
ISBN
  • 0231115385 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0231115393 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
98039507
OCLC
39627658
Title
Herman Melville, Moby-Dick / edited by Nick Selby.
Imprint
New York : Columbia University Press, [1999], c1998.
Series
Columbia critical guides
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author
Selby, Nick.
Research Call Number
JFD 00-9644
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