Herman Melville

Resource Information

The work Herman Melville represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri Libraries. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Herman Melville

Statement of responsibility

editor, Eric Carl Link

Contributor

• Link, Eric Carl

Subject

• Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Melville, Herman, 1819-1891
• Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 -- Criticism and interpretation
• LITERARY CRITICISM -- American | General

Genre

• Criticism, interpretation, etc

Language

eng

Summary

In this volume, a biographical sketch relates the details of Melville's life and four essays survey the critical reception of his work, explore its cultural and historical contexts, situate Melville among his contemporaries, and review key themes in his work. Other essays explore topics like Melville's symbolism, metaphysics, and aesthetics his views on faith and religion his responses to the issues of his day, like slavery, industrialization, and American democracy

Member of

• Critical insights
• EBSCO eBook Public Library Collection-North America

Cataloging source

BUF

Dewey number

813/.3

Index

index present

LC call number

PS2387

LC item number

.H416 2013eb

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography

Series statement

Critical insights