Melville's monumental imagination / Ian S. Maloney.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Maloney, Ian S., 1975- author.

Series:

Studies in Major Literary Authors

Studies in major literary authors

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Melville, Herman, 1819-1891--Technique.

Melville, Herman.

Melville, Herman, 1819-1891--Knowledge--Art.

Description (Rhetoric)--History--19th century.

Description (Rhetoric).

Monuments in literature.

Memorials in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (177 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Melville's Monumental Imagination explores the connection between the contested 19th century American monument tradition and one of the nation's most revered authors, Herman Melville (1819-1891). The book was written to fill a void in recent Melville scholarship. To date, there has not been a monograph that focuses exclusively on Melville's incorporation of monuments in his fictional world. The book charts the territory of Melville's novels in order to provide a trajectory of the monumental image in one particular literary form. This feature allows the reader to gradually see the monu

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction Melville's Monumental Mind; Chapter One Peeping into Polynesian Memorials: Ekphrastic Indifference in Travel and Typee; Chapter Two Plodding through Mardi's Mazes and Monuments: The Imaginary Voyage into Ekphrastic Hope; Chapter Three Redburn's Realistic Journey of Ekphrastic Fear; Chapter Four Frozen Figures, Fluid Forms, and Moby-Dick; Chapter Five Pierre and Israel Potter: Fragments and Forgotten Heroes in Stone and Print; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-135-48963-7

0-203-95921-3

1-135-48956-4

9780203959213

OCLC:

874172981