This work contextualises and details Herman Melville's artistic career and outlines the relationship between Melville and Ralph Waldo Emerson. Michael McLoughlin divides Melville's professional career as a novelist into two major phases corresponding to the growth and shift in his art.
This study traces the emergence of a distinctive post-war American family dynamic between parent and adolescent or already adult child. In-depth readi..
Bringing together a wealth of material with clear critical commentary, Debra J. Rosenthal offers the ideal starting point for anyone beginning to stud..
Combining reprinted documents with clear introductions for student readers, this volume examines the contexts of and critical responses to Melville's ..
This sourcebook combines extracts from contemporary documents and critical reviews, providing an introduction, a publishing and critical history, a ch..