Melville's Classical Allusions - A Comprehensive Index and Glossary

"Modern readers of Melville ... are unlikely to know either the extent of classical allusions or the author's intention in using them in his writing. Coffler's volume assists in answering these as well as other related questions. Five indexes and a substantial glossary make up the bulk of the volume. ... It is through the glossary that the reader gains insight into how Melville may have been informed by the classics. Thus the glossary not only identifies allusions but aids the reader in explicating specific passages in Melville's work. [Coffler's volume] is intendedprimarily for libraries serving scholars and specialists in literature and classical studies."-Choice

About the author

GAIL H. COFFLER is Professor of English at Suffolk University in Boston. She is also the author of Melville's Classical Allusions: A Comprehensive Index and Glossary (Greenwood Press, 1985).

Product details

• Authors: Gail H. Coffler, Coffler Gail H.
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 7 to 17
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.04.1985
• EAN: 9780313246265
• ISBN: 978-0-313-24626-5
• No. of pages: 153
• Weight: 454 g
• Series: Bibliographies and Indexes in American Literature
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; FICTION / Classics, Classic fiction (pre c 1945), LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Classic fiction: general and literary, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form, The Arts: American Literature