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The spirit above the dust : a study of Herman Melville

Title
The spirit above the dust : a study of Herman Melville / by Ronald Mason.
Author
Mason, Ronald, 1912-2001
Publication
London : J. Lehmann, 1951.

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Description
269 pages : portrait; 23 cm
Subject
  • Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 > Criticism and interpretation
  • Melville, Herman, 1819-1891
  • Melville, Herman
Genre/Form
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Typee and the statement of innocence -- Omoo -- Mardi: the power of the symbol -- Redburn: the assault upon innocence -- White-jacket and the abandonment of isolation -- Melville and Hawthorne -- Moby Dick: the prelude -- Moby Dick: the symbol -- Moby Dick: the myth -- Pierre and the defeat of innocence -- Tartarus of a traveller -- The confidence-man: the embittered masquerade -- The poems -- Clarel: the spirit above the dust -- Billy Budd and the victory of innocence.
ISBN
  • 0911858199
  • 9780911858198
LCCN
52001897
OCLC
  • ocm00767977
  • 767977
  • SCSB-9087942
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library