Buch, Englisch, 264 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 377 g
Melville and the Poetics of Individualism
Buch, Englisch, 264 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 377 g
ISBN: 978-0-691-01509-5
Verlag: Princeton University Press
Wai Chee Dimock approaches Herman Melville not as a timeless genius, but as a historical figure caught in the politics of an imperial nation and an "imperial self." She challenges our customary view by demonstrating a link between the individualism that enabled Melville to write as a sovereign author and the nationalism that allowed America to grow into what Jefferson hoped would be an "empire for liberty."