The Cambridge Introduction to Herman Melville

Informationen zum Autor Kevin J. Hayes is Professor of English at the University of Central Oklahoma. Klappentext This introduction sets out the key themes! contexts! and critical reception of Melville's entire oeuvre. Zusammenfassung Despite its indifferent reception when it was first published in 1851! Moby Dick is now central to the American literary canon. Kevin J. Hayes provides comprehensive information about Melville's life and works in an accessible and engaging book that will be essential for students beginning to read this important author. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Life; 2. Contexts; 3. Writings; 4. Reception; Guide to further reading; Index.

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• Authors: Kevin Hayes, Kevin J Hayes, Kevin J. Hayes, Hayes Kevin J., Kevin Hays
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.03.2007
• EAN: 9780521671040
• ISBN: 978-0-521-67104-0
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 230 mm x 14 mm
• Series: Cambridge Introductions to Literature; Cambridge introduction to; Cambridge Introductions to Lit; Cambridge Introductions to Literature; Cambridge introduction to
• Subjects: Education and learning; Fiction > Poetry, drama; 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, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form