Melville: His World and Work

Melville: His World and Work

If Dickens was nineteenth-century London personified, Herman Melville was the quintessential American. With a historianâ€™s perspective and a criticâ€™s insight, award-winning author Andrew Delbanco marvelously demonstrates that Melville was very much a man of his era and that he recorded â€” in his books, letters, and marginalia; and in conversations with friends like Nathaniel Hawthorne and with his literary cronies in Manhattan â€” an incomparable chapter of American history. From the bawdy storytelling of Typee to the spiritual preoccupations building up to and beyond Moby Dick, Delbanco brilliantly illuminates Melvilleâ€™s life and work, and his crucial role as a man of American letters.
Country USA
Brand Vintage
Manufacturer Vintage Books - Random House
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber part_0375702970
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2006-09-12
UnitCount 1
Format Illustrated
EANs 9780375702976

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