Reading Melville's Pierre; Or, The AmbiguitiesLSU Press, 2007 - Počet stran: 240 Herman Melville's Pierre; or. The Ambiguities has a storied place in the history of American publishing. Melville began writing this follow-up to Moby-Dick in October 1851, thinking that it might prove even more significant than its predecessor. The 1852 publication of Pierre was catastrophic, however. Melville lost his English publisher, and American reviewers derided the book and called the author mad. InReading Melville's "Pierre; or, The Ambiguities," noted Melville authorities Brian Higgins and Hershel Parker probe the daunting story behind a deeply flawed but revealing work, one that directly reflects the major crisis of Melville's authorial life. |
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... Allan. In a letter of early May 1851 to Hawthorne, Melville trenchantly recorded the debilitating effects of his current situation, without, of course, mentioning the loan. He was “so pulled hither and thither by circumstances,” he told ...
... Allan Melvill, a hard-working but imprudent drygoods importer and merchant, and his father's brother, Thomas, the ne'erdo-well farmer, who was repeatedly confined in the Lenox jail for debt. Thereafter, blinded to the reality of their ...
... Allan Melvill, like Pierre's father, Mr. Glendinning, had become delirious as he was dying and, like Mr. Glendinning, died when his son was twelve. As his mind wanders in his death throes, Mr. Glendinning repeatedly utters in Pierre's ...
... Allan Melvill's past, friends of the family or younger members of the family might assume or suspect that the long-concealed secret sin of Pierre's father was based on fact, especially given Allan's many French connections. Melville's ...
... Allan's ill-considered business ventures.) There was ample time too for him to have become aware that, having ... Allan Melvill's widow, Maria Gansevoort Melville, had been diffused on a large family, which included not only her four ...
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Books I and II | 32 |
Books IIIV | 57 |
Books VIXII | 81 |
The Kraken Ending | 112 |
JanuaryFebruary 1852 | 144 |
7 Aftermath | 175 |
8 Faltering Recognition | 186 |
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