New Essays on Moby-Dick (The American Novel) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521317886 ISBN 13: 9780521317887

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1986

Synopsis

The American Novel series provides students of American literature with introductory critical guides to the great works of American fiction by giving details of the novel's composition, publication history and contemporary reception. The group of essays, each specially commissioned from a leading scholar in the field, examines the interpretative methods and prominent ideas on the text. There are also helpful guides to further reading. Specifically designed for undergraduates, the series will be a powerful resource for anyone engaged in the critical analysis of major American novels. This collection of essays on Moby-Dick reconnects Melville's great work with concerns that are central to readers in critical studies. Richard Brodhead introduces the volume with a discussion of the book's unique place in the canon of American literature. He then recounts the novel's history from its mixed reception in the mid-nineteenth century to its prevalent status as a classic. The five essays that follow focus on various aspects of the novel: its vision of nature, its drama of social alienation, its religious defiance, and its splendid variety of language.

About this title

Book Description:

This collection of essays, the first in over twenty years, attempts to reconnect Melville's great novel with contemporary concerns and to recent critical innovations.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0521317886
• ISBN 13: 9780521317887
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192
• Editor: Brodhead Richard H.