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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... book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources. ∞ Contents Preface vii 1. Toward a Kraken Book 1 iv READING MELVILLE'S PIERRE ...
Brian Higgins, Hershel Parker. Contents. Preface vii 1. Toward a Kraken Book 1 2. “This dream-house of the earth”: Books I and II 32 3. “The flowing river in the cave of man”: Books III–V 57 4. “The manly enthusiast cause”: Books VI ...
... 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 ...
... book and his original achievements in it” (xii). The edition, Parker hoped, would spur readers to take account of evidence ... book's composition and publication since the Melville Revival—information that has generally been slighted by ...
... book set in the Berkshires. While vacationing at his late uncle Thomas Melvill's old farm near Pittsfield, then managed by his cousin Robert as a select summer boardinghouse, he showed Duyckinck around the place with so much enthusiasm ...
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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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