Author : Rowland A. Sherrill
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis The Prophetic Melville by : Rowland A. Sherrill
Download or read book The Prophetic Melville written by Rowland A. Sherrill and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After isolating and defining the ways in which three of the early works --$ Typee, Reduburn,$and$ White Jacket$--contributed to Melville's progress toward an idea of transcendence, Sherrill assesses the genesis, emergence, and shape of this idea as it is articulated more fully in$ Moby-Dick,$and then moves to$ Pierre$and$ Billy Budd$to see how the idea became a controlling factor in Melville's mature vision of life. This study stands as an interpretive alternative to critical accounts of Melville's quarrel with "God".