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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. New foreword by Howard P. Vincent.
- Author
- Mason, Ronald, 1912-2001.
- Publication
- Mamaroneck, N.Y., P.P. Appel, 1972.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | PS2387 .M3 1972 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 269 pages; 23 cm
- Summary
- Mason confronted Melville's writings as a body of imaginative literature in which his artistic development was an activity entirely independent of the sequence of his early travels.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Note
- Originally published in 1951.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. [251]-263.
- Contents
- Introduction -- Typee and the statement of innocence -- Omoo -- Mardi: the transition -- 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
- 76162496
- OCLC
- ocm00376038
- 376038
- SCSB-9087893
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library