Clarel A Poem and Pilgrimage in the Holy Land |
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Author:
| Melville, Herman |
Editor:
| Parker, Hershel Hayford, Harrison Tanselle, G. Thomas MacDougall Reising, Alma |
Series title: | Melville Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-8101-2540-7 |
Publication Date: | Aug 2008 |
Publisher: | Northwestern University Press
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $22.95 |
Book Description:
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Melville's long poem
Clarel: A Poem and Pilgrimage in the Holy Land (1876) was the last full-length book he published. Until the mid-twentieth century even the most partisan of Melville's advocates hesitated to endure a four-part poem of 150 cantos and almost 18,000 lines about a naive American named Clarel, on pilgrimage through the Palestinian ruins with a provocative cluster of companions. But modern critics have found
Clarel a much better...
More Description Melville's long poem Clarel: A Poem and Pilgrimage in the Holy Land (1876) was the last full-length book he published. Until the mid-twentieth century even the most partisan of Melville's advocates hesitated to endure a four-part poem of 150 cantos and almost 18,000 lines about a naive American named Clarel, on pilgrimage through the Palestinian ruins with a provocative cluster of companions. But modern critics have found Clarel a much better poem than was ever realized.