The mystery of iniquity Melville as poet, 1857--1891 / William H. Shurr.

By:

Shurr, William [Author]

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780813164632

Subject(s):

Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 -- Poetic works

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Electronic Books.

LOC classification:

PS2387 .M978 1972

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Subject: This book is the first to consider the work of Herman Melville's later years as a whole, in the light of his life and reading during those years and of the intellectual and artistic ambience of the later nineteenth century. With the exception of Billy Budd, almost all of the writing Melville produced between 1857 and 1891 is poetry. Until now little attention has been given to the poetry and it has been customary to view Melville's final masterpiece, Billy Budd, against the background of the earlier fiction --

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Includes bibliographies and index.

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; I. BATTLE-PIECES; II. CLAREL: THE STATIC ELEMENTS; III. CLAREL: THE DYNAMICS OF THE SYMBOL; IV. JOHN MARR AND OTHER SAILORS; V. TIMOLEON, ETC.; VI. WEEDS AND WILDINGS; VII. THE BURGUNDY CLUB SKETCHES AND MISCELLANEOUS POEMS; VIII. THE ART OF POETRY AND BILLY BUDD; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W.

This book is the first to consider the work of Herman Melville's later years as a whole, in the light of his life and reading during those years and of the intellectual and artistic ambience of the later nineteenth century. With the exception of Billy Budd, almost all of the writing Melville produced between 1857 and 1891 is poetry. Until now little attention has been given to the poetry and it has been customary to view Melville's final masterpiece, Billy Budd, against the background of the earlier fiction --

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