Melville's monumental imagination
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Melville's monumental imagination
（A Routledge series, Studies in major literary authors）
Routledge, 2006
- Hardcover
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-162) and index
Contents of Works
- Melville's monumental mind
- Peeping into Polynesian memorials : ekphrastic indifference in travel and Typee
- Plodding through Mardi's mazes and monuments : the imaginary voyage into ekphrastic hope
- Redburn's realistic journey of ekphrastic fear
- Frozen figures, fluid forms, and Moby-Dick
- Pierre and Israel Potter : fragments and forgotten heroes in stone and print
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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 monumental image as an important marker that sheds light into Melville's eventual abandonment of long fiction. Melville'sMonumental Imagination combines literary analysis and cultural criticism for a long neglected aspect of our nation's iconic development in statuary.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments 1. Introduction: Melville's Monumental Mind 2. Peeping into Polynesian Memorials: Ekphrastic Indifference in Travel and Typee 3. Plodding through Mardi's Mazes and Monuments: The Imaginary Voyage into Ekphrastic Hope 4. Redburn and The Realistic Journey of Ekphrastic Fear 5. Fast Fish, Fluid Forms, and Moby-Dick 6. Pierre and Israel Potter : Fragments, Fissures, and Forgotten Heroes in Stone and Print Bibliography Index
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