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Published: 21st February 1991
ISBN: 9780691015095
Number Of Pages: 264
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."
"In this tenacious and articulate study, Professor Dimock explores the 'textual governance' of Melville's fiction: the ways in which the expectations and practice of imperialism in antebellum America necessarily informed--and limited--the poetics of Melville's 'authorial sovereignty' over his writings. Not everyone will agree with her conclusions about Melville's problematical poetics and historicism; yet her book will send the reader back again and again to Melville, equipped with new insights into his art and vision."--R. Bruce Bickley, Jr., American Literature
ISBN: 9780691015095
ISBN-10: 0691015090
Audience:
Tertiary; University or College
Format:
Paperback
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 264
Published: 21st February 1991
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Country of Publication: US
Dimensions (cm): 22.23 x 14.61
x 1.91
Weight (kg): 0.36
