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Dillingham shows how Melville used the novels as a workshop for his own salvation by investing his characters with the ideas and philosophies that he found compelling. Linking Melville's enigmatic narratives with the artist's own epic of self-exploration, Melville's Later Novels presents a deeply original portrait of a life sustained by art.

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Dillingham shows how Melville used the novels as a workshop for his own salvation by investing his characters with the ideas and philosophies that he found compelling. Linking Melville's enigmatic narratives with the artist's own epic of self-exploration, Melville's Later Novels presents a deeply original portrait of a life sustained by art.
Autorenporträt
William B. Dillingham is Charles Howard Candler Professor of American Literature, Emeritus, at Emory University. His books include four studies of Herman Melville: "Melville's Short Fiction, 1853-1856"; "An Artist in the Rigging: The Early Work of Herman Melville"; "Melville's Later Novels"; and "Melville and His Circle: The Last Years" (all Georgia).