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  • Publisher:
    Cambridge University Press
    Publication date:
    28 December 2017
    11 January 2018
    ISBN:
    9781316755204
    9781107169760
    DOI:
    https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316755204
    Dimensions:
    (229 x 152 mm)
    Weight & Pages:
    0.82kg, 402 Pages
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    • Subjects:
    Literature, Area Studies, American Literature, American Studies, English Literature: General Interest
    Series:
    Literature in Context
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    Subjects:
    Literature, Area Studies, American Literature, American Studies, English Literature: General Interest
    Series:
    Literature in Context
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    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.

    Reviews

    'This Melville companion is neither an essay collection nor a reference book but rather a series of 34 sprightly, cogent treatments illuminating and contextualizing aspects of Melville. Recommended.'

    Source: Choice

    ‘Happily, the significant strengths of this collection and the models they provide for sound scholarship and interpretation offer, at least, a partial solution.’

    Steven Olsen-Smith Source: Leviathan

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    • Chapter 3 - The American West
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