Herman Melville, Moby-Dick

by Selby, Nick

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Title Statements

Full title :Herman Melville, Moby-Dick / edited by Nick Selby.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:[1999], ©1998.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Columbia University Press
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:[1999], ©1998.

The Physical Object

Description:180 pages ; : 21 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0231115385, 9780231115384, 0231115393, 9780231115391
oclc:ocm39627658
LC Classification:PS2384.M62
Dewey Decimal:813/.3

Introduction -- Early reviews -- The 'Melville revival' -- The 1940s : Moby Dick and the 'American Renaissance' -- The 1950s : 'myth criticism' and the growth of American studies -- Formalist approaches, humanist readings -- Cultural materialism and 'reconstructive' readings -- Deconstructive reading, 'post-humanist' critiques and 'new Americanists'.

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Baleines -- Chasse, dans la littérature Baleines dans la littérature Criticism, interpretation, etc Melville, Herman Mer -- Récits américains Moby Dick (Melville, Herman) Récits de mer américains -- Histoire et… Sea stories, American Sea stories, American -- History and cr… Whales in literature Whaling in literature