Melville Biography An Inside Narrative |
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| Author:
| Parker, Hershel |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8101-2709-8 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2013 |
| Publisher: | Northwestern University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $55.00 |
Book Description:
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Melville Biography: An Inside Narrative is Hershel Parker's history of the writing of Melville biographies, enriched by his intimate working relationships with great Melvilleans, dead and living. The first part is a mesmerizing autobiographical account of what went into creating his award-winning two-volume life of Herman Melville. Next, Parker traces six decades the persistent war New Critics have waged against biographical scholarship on Melville.
Melville Biography: An Inside Narrative is Hershel Parker's history of the writing of Melville biographies, enriched by his intimate working relationships with great Melvilleans, dead and living. The first part is a mesmerizing autobiographical account of what went into creating his award-winning two-volume life of Herman Melville. Next, Parker traces six decades the persistent war New Critics have waged against biographical scholarship on Melville.