A Historical Guide to Herman Melville

by Giles Gunn

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Essays on Melville's life & writing here make the case for his centrality both to 19th century writing in America & also to America's understanding of itself.

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Giles Gunn, author of The Culture of Criticism and the Criticism of Culture, among other books, is Professor of Global Studies and English and Affiliate Professor of Religious Studies and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

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A Historical Guide to Herman Melville
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Herman Melville

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Fiction and Literature, Literature Studies and Criticism
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813.3Literature & rhetoricAmerican literature in EnglishAmerican fiction in EnglishMiddle 19th Century 1830-1861
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PS2386 .H54Language and LiteratureAmerican literatureAmerican literatureIndividual authors19th century
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