Herman Melville The Contemporary Reviews |
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| Editor:
| Higgins, Brian
Parker, Hershel |
| Series title: | American Critical Archives Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-12115-6 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2009 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $69.99 |
Book Description:
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A volume in the American Critical Archives series, Herman Melville:The Contemporary Reviews reprints virtually all the known contemporary reviews of Herman Melville's writings from the 1840's until his death in 1891. Many of his reviews are reprinted from hard-to-locate contemporary newspapers and periodicals. These materials document the response of the reviewers to specific worlds and share the course of Melville's nineteenth century reputation as travel writer, romancer, short-story...
More DescriptionA volume in the American Critical Archives series, Herman Melville:The Contemporary Reviews reprints virtually all the known contemporary reviews of Herman Melville's writings from the 1840's until his death in 1891. Many of his reviews are reprinted from hard-to-locate contemporary newspapers and periodicals. These materials document the response of the reviewers to specific worlds and share the course of Melville's nineteenth century reputation as travel writer, romancer, short-story writer, and poet.