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Dead letters to the New world : Melville, Emerson, and American transcendentalism /
This book contextualises and details Herman Melville's artistic career and outlines the relationship between Melville and Ralph Waldo Emerson.
| Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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[Place of publication not identified] :
Routledge,
2003.
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| Collection: | Literary criticism and cultural theory.
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Table des matières:
- 1. Correspondent colorings: Emerson and Melville
- 2. Shadows in Eden: American transcendentalism and its discontents
- 3. Deeper shadows to come: The transcendental underpinnings of Melville's early works
- 4. Defying nature: Moby-Dick and the limits of Emersonian individualism
- 5. A hell-fired rural bowl of milk: Melville's Pierre and transcendental rebellion
- 6. Naked nature aboard the San Dominick: "Benito Cereno," Emerson, and the gothic
- 7. The endless, winding way: Melville's engagement with Emerson in The Whale's wake
- Appendix: The Emerson-Melville relationship: An annotated secondary bibliography.