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, was catastrophic for him. It lost him his English publisher, and ... end of 1851, before receiving a contract from the Harpers for it. Intrigued ... novel, one which omitted all the late-added sections on Pierre as author. This ...
... book set in the Berkshires. While vacationing at his late uncle Thomas Melvill's old farm near Pittsfield, then ... finished with Moby-Dick at the end of the summer of 1851. Melville's situation at Arrowhead soon provoked other moods ...
... 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 ...
... end of May 1849, perhaps more disturbed by his memories than he realized, but expecting little growth of any sort, intellectual, psychological, or aesthetic, he seized from Tom's departure an easy subject for his fourth book, his own ...
... book Melville began around late October or early November 1851 also embodied Melville's grievances against the ... end of December 1850, soon after Melville moved to Arrowhead, Dewey had addressed at great length a Union rally in ...
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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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