Kelley, Wyn
A Companion to Herman Melville
- Presents 35 original essays by scholars from around the world, representing a range of different approaches to Melville
- Considers Melville in a global context, and looks at the impact of global economies and technologies on the way people read Melville
- Takes account of the latest and most sophisticated scholarship, including postcolonial and feminist perspectives
- Locates Melville in his cultural milieu, revising our views of his politics on race, gender and democracy
- Reveals Melville as a more contemporary writer than his critics have sometimes assumed
Nyckelord: Herman Melville; Moby Dick; Typee; 19th Century American Literature; Novel; Billy Budd; Bartleby the Scrivener; American literary history; American literary criticism; Melville poetry; the Melville Society; Melville revival; Melville and postcolonialism; Melville and feminism; Leviathan; Leviathan: A Journal of Melville Studies, Introductions to Literature, American Literature, Introductions to Literature, American Literature
- Utgivare
- Kelley, Wyn
- Utgivare
- John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
- Utgivningsår
- 2006
- Språk
- en
- Utgåva
- 1
- Serie
- Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture
- Sidantal
- 608 sidor
- Kategori
- Litteraturforskning
- Format
- E-bok
- eISBN (ePUB)
- 9781119117902
- Tryckt ISBN
- 9781119045274