Michael McLoughlin

Dead Letters to the New World

Melville, Emerson, and American Transcendentalism

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Produktbeschreibung

This work contextualises and details Herman Melville's artistic career and outlines the relationship between Melville and Ralph Waldo Emerson. Michael McLoughlin divides Melville's professional career as a novelist into two major phases corresponding to the growth and shift in his art.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 282
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. April 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 327g
• ISBN-13: 9781138868649
• ISBN-10: 1138868647
• Artikelnr.: 42997374

Autorenporträt

Michael McLoughlin received his P.hd. in English from the University of South Carolina in 2000. He is currently a Technical Specialist at the Microsoft Corporation.

Inhaltsangabe

INTRODUCTION CHAPTER ONE Correspondent Colorings: Emerson and Melville
CHAPTER TWO Shadows in Eden: American Transcendentalism and Its Discontents
CHAPTER THREE Deeper Shadows to Come: The Transcendental Underpinnings of
Melville's Early Works CHAPTER FOUR Defying Nature: Moby-Dick and the
Limits of Emersonian Individualism CHAPTER FIVE A Hell-Fired Rural Bowl of
Milk: Melville's Pierre and Transcendental Rebellion CHAPTER SIX Naked
Nature aboard the San Dominick: "Benito Cereno," Emerson, and the Gothic
CHAPTER SEVEN The Endless, Winding Way: Melville's Engagement with Emerson
in The Whale's Wake