Empire for Liberty: Melville and the Poetics of Individualism

by Wai Chee Dimock

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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.

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0691067589

ISBN13:9780691067582

Release Date:March 1989

Publisher:Princeton University Press

Length:264 Pages

Weight:0.70 lbs.

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