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Herman Melville in context
- Title
- Herman Melville in context / edited by Kevin J. Hayes.
- Publication
- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 18-2457 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
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- Description
- xxv, 384 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- "Herman Melville in Context provides the fullest introduction in one volume to the multifaceted life and times of Herman Melville, a towering figure in nineteenth-century American and world literature. The book grounds the study of Herman Melville's writings to the world that influenced their composition, publication and recognition, making it a valuable resource to scholars, teachers, students and general readers. Bringing together contributions covering a wide range of topics, the collection of essays covers the geographical, social, cultural and literary contexts of Melville's life and works, as well as its literary reception. Herman Melville in Context will enable readers to approach Melville's writings with fuller insight, and to read and understand them in a way that approximates the way they were read and understood in his time"--
- Series Statement
- [Literature in Context (Cambridge University Press)]
- Uniform Title
- Literature in context (Cambridge University Press)
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Note
- Series name found on Publisher's website.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Part I. Geographical Contexts: 1. New York / Kevin J. Hayes -- 2. The Berkshires / Peter Bergman -- 3. The American West / Nathaniel Lewis -- 4. The Pacific / Alex Calder -- 5. London / Jonathan A. Cook -- 6. Europe / David Watson -- 7. The Holy Land / Brian Yothers -- Part II. Social Contexts: 8. Men and women and men / David Greven -- 9. Islanders and missionaries / Sean Brawley and Chris Dixon -- 10. Literary circles / David O. Dowling -- 11. Slaves, masters, and abolitionists / Susan M. Ryan -- 12. Dons and Cholos / Rodrigo Lazo -- 13. Bachelors and gentlemen / Maura M. D'Amore -- 14. Officers and men / Martin Griffin -- Part III. Cultural Contexts: 15. Opera / Kevin J. Hayes -- 16. Panoramas / Susan Tenneriello -- 17. Natural history / Jennifer Schell -- 18. Technology / Klaus Benesch -- 19. The lyceum movement / Tom F. Wright -- 20. Painting and prints / Colin Dewey -- Part IV. Literary Contexts: 21. The Bible / Dawn Coleman -- 22. Seventeenth-century English prose / Robin Grey -- 23. The picaresque novel / Kelly Richardson -- 24. Travel writing / Tim Youngs -- 25. German metaphysics / Kim C. Sturgess -- 26. Gothicism / Jonathan Crimmins -- 27. British romanticism / Shawn Thomson -- Part V. The Contexts of Literary Reception: 28. Make-or-break reviews / Hershel Parker -- 29. The Melville revival / Eric Aronoff -- 30. Modernism / David M. Ball -- 31. Postmodernism / Timothy Parrish -- 32. Translations / Rute Beirante -- 33. Biographies / Ian Maloney -- 34. The cinema / John Parris Springer.
- Call Number
- JFE 18-2457
- ISBN
- 9781107169760
- 1107169763
- 9781316621127
- 131662112X
- LCCN
- 2017023479
- OCLC
- 991640559
- Title
- Herman Melville in context / edited by Kevin J. Hayes.
- Publisher
- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- [Literature in Context (Cambridge University Press)]Literature in context (Cambridge University Press)
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Added Author
- Hayes, Kevin J., editor.Cambridge University Press, publisher.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 18-2457