Melville's Later Novels
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Herman Melville wrote out of a strong creative impulse closely tied to an even more imperative will to survive, to resist the ravages of despair and the urge toward self-annihilation that grew out of an all-too-clear vision of the world he saw around him. In his novels Melville wrote of this struggle to survive in a harsh, unyielding world, creating characters such as Ahab and Pierre, who thrash about blindly because of self-ignorance, and characters...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0820307998
ISBN13:9780820307992
Release Date:March 1986
Publisher:University of Georgia Press
Length:448 Pages
Weight:1.70 lbs.
Dimensions:1.6" x 5.9" x 8.8"
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