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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... America First printing Designer: Michelle A. Neustrom Typeface: Baskerville Printer and binder: Edwards Brothers, Inc. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Higgins, Brian, 1943– Reading ... Book 1 iv READING MELVILLE'S PIERRE; ...
... book, was catastrophic for him. It lost him his English publisher, and reviewers of the American edition (1852) accused the book and the author of being mad. In the remainder of the nineteenth century, Pierre was dismissed as Melville's ...
... writing not merely some Berkshire scenes for the boyhood of the exile (something he ultimately did, even though the real Potter was a Rhode Islander) but a different book ... American writer could achieve literary greatness, he ranked ...
... book from Harper & Brothers, his American publishers. At the end of April they gave two reasons for refusing: an “extensive and expensive addition” to their plant in New York City and the fact that he already owed them “nearly seven ...
... American writer could use contemporary America as the setting for a Gothic-flavored romance. Melville's response to Hawthorne's book when it had appeared the previous April was grounded both in pride of personal acquaintance and in ...
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Books IIIV | 57 |
Books VIXII | 81 |
The Kraken Ending | 112 |
JanuaryFebruary 1852 | 144 |
7 Aftermath | 175 |
8 Faltering Recognition | 186 |
Works Cited | 213 |
Index | 219 |
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