Melville: His World and Work

Type

Book

Authors

Andrew Delbanco

ISBN 10

0375403140

ISBN 13

9780375403149

Tags

Authors, Criticism & Theory, United States, Writing

Description

Delbanco (humanities and American studies, Columbia U.) carefully traces Melville's work in the context of the space and time in which his fortunes rose and fell, largely along with those of his country and class, as he came to be a friend of those who were also great writers but too soon retired from their midst as his audience fell away, and as he struggled to somehow cope with a complex family life often struck by tragedy. Delbanco manages to accomplish this by looking into the many shadows that obscure Melville rather than passing them by, finding startling and illuminating connections amongst Melville's life, mind and work. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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