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1 online resource (177 pages) |
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Studies in Major Literary Authors |
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Studies in major literary authors.
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| Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction Melville's Monumental Mind; Chapter One Peeping into Polynesian Memorials: Ekphrastic Indifference in Travel and Typee; Chapter Two Plodding through Mardi's Mazes and Monuments: The Imaginary Voyage into Ekphrastic Hope; Chapter Three Redburn's Realistic Journey of Ekphrastic Fear; Chapter Four Frozen Figures, Fluid Forms, and Moby-Dick; Chapter Five Pierre and Israel Potter: Fragments and Forgotten Heroes in Stone and Print; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
Melville's Monumental Imagination explores the connection between the contested 19th century American monument tradition and one of the nation's most revered authors, Herman Melville (1819-1891). The book was written to fill a void in recent Melville scholarship. To date, there has not been a monograph that focuses exclusively on Melville's incorporation of monuments in his fictional world. The book charts the territory of Melville's novels in order to provide a trajectory of the monumental image in one particular literary form. This feature allows the reader to gradually see the monu |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 -- Technique
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Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 -- Knowledge -- Art
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| SUBJECT |
Melville, Herman, 1819-1891. fast (OCoLC)fst00030216 |
| Subject |
Description (Rhetoric) -- History -- 19th century
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Monuments in literature.
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Memorials in literature.
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Art.
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Description (Rhetoric)
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Memorials in literature.
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Monuments in literature.
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Technique.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781135489564 |
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1135489564 |
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