Subversive Genealogy
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In this major reconsideration of Herman Melville's life and work, Michael Rogin shows that Melville's novels are connected both to the important issues of his time and to the exploits of his patrician... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:039450609X
ISBN13:9780394506098
Release Date:March 1983
Publisher:Alfred A. Knopf
Length:354 Pages
Weight:1.64 lbs.
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One of the most important of all Melville studies
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
Melville studies are plagued by two contrasting types of criticism: turgid, historical treatises and fluffy, self-absorbed studies of trendy nonsense. This work, however, revolutionized Melville studies by combining historical, psychoanalytic and literary analysis in an exceptionally illuminating manner. It is without question the single best study of Melville in the past thirty years.
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