Herman Melville''s Moby-Dick - A Routledge Study Guide and Sourcebook

Informationen zum Autor Michael J. Davey teaches Early American Literature at Valdosta State University, Georgia, USA, where he is Assistant Professor. Klappentext No book is more central to the study of nineteenth-century American literature than Herman Melville's Moby-Dick; or The Whale. First published it 1851, it still speaks powerfully to readers today. Combining reprinted documents with clear introductions for student readers, this volume examines the contexts of and critical responses to Melville's work. It draws together:*an introduction to the contexts in which Melville was writing and relevant contextual documents, including letters*chronology of key facts and dates*critical history and extracts from early reviews and modern criticism*fully annotated key passages from the novel*a list of biblical allusions*an annotated guide to further reading. Extensive cross-references link contextual information, critical materials and passages from the novel providing a wide-ranging view of the work and ensuring a successful and enjoyable encounter with the world of Moby-Dick. Zusammenfassung Combining reprinted documents with clear introductions for student readers, this volume examines the contexts of and critical responses to Melville's work. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction I: Contexts, Contextual Overview, Melville's Career and the Writing of Moby-Dick, Melville and Antebellum America, Chronology; Contemporary Documents: From Owen Chase, The Wreck of the Whaleship Essex (1821) From Herman Melville, Hawthorne and His Mosses (1850) From Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Custom-House Sketch (1850) Transcendentalism: From Ralph Waldo Emerson, Self-Reliance (1841) From Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nature (1836) From Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nature: Chapter IV. Language (1836) Selected Letters: From Melville to Evert A. Duyckinck (March 3, 1848) From Melville to Nathaniel Hawthorne (April16, 1851) From Melville to Nathaniel Hawthorne (June 18], 1851) From Melville to Nathaniel Hawthorne (November 1851) From Melville to Sarah Huyler Morewood (September 1851) 2: Interpretations Critical History, Early Critical Reception: From review of Typee, United States Nautical Magazine (March 1846) From review of Typee, Critic [London], (March 1846) From review of Redburn, Bentley's Miscellany [London], (November 1849) From review of Redburn, New York Sunday Times and Noah's Weekly Messenger (November 18, 1849) From review of Moby-Dick, New York Evangelist (November 20, 1851) From review of Moby-Dick, Boston Post (November 20, 1851) From review of Moby-Dick, Albion [New York], (November 22, 1851) From Evert A. Duyckinck, review of Moby-Dick, Literary World [New York], (November 22, 1851) From review of Moby-Dick, Literary Gazette [London], (December 6, 1851) Modern Criticism: The Melville Revival:From E. L. Grant Watson, review of Melville's Moby-Dick (1920) From Frank Jewett Mather, Jr., Herman Melville (1919) From Raymond M. Weaver, The Centennial of Herman Melville (1919) From Carl Van Doren, Mr. Melville's Moby-Dick (1924) From H. M. Tomlinson, A Clue to Moby-Dick (1921) Moby-Dick Rising: Melville Criticism 1919-1970: From William Charvat, Melville and the Common Reader (1958) From Walter E. Bezanson, Moby-Dick: Work of Art (1953) From Merton M. Sealts, Jr., Melville and Emerson's Rainbow (1982) From Leon Howard, The Influence of Carlyle (1987) From Henry A. Murray, In Nomine Diaboli (1951) From]. A. Ward, The Function of the Cetological Chapters in Moby-Dick(1956) 92From Robert M. Greenberg, Cetology: Center of Multiplicity and Discord inMoby-Dick (1981) 95From Thomas Werge, Moby-Dick and the Calvinist Tradition (1969) 96Moby-Dick at the Millennium 98From Frank Shuffelton, Going Through the Long Vaticans: Melville's' Extracts' in Moby-Dick (1983) 98From Mark Niemeyer, Moby-Dick and the Spirit of Revolution (1994) 100From John Alvis, Mohy-Dick and Melville's Quarrel with America (1993) 103From DavidS. Reynolds, 'Its...

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Introduction I: Contexts, Contextual Overview, Melville's Career and the Writing of Moby-Dick, Melville and Antebellum America, Chronology; Contemporary Documents: From Owen Chase, The Wreck of the Whaleship Essex (1821) From Herman Melville, Hawthorne and His Mosses (1850) From Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Custom-House Sketch (1850) Transcendentalism: From Ralph Waldo Emerson, Self-Reliance (1841) From Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nature (1836) From Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nature: Chapter IV. Language (1836) Selected Letters: From Melville to Evert A. Duyckinck (March 3, 1848) From Melville to Nathaniel Hawthorne (April16, 1851) From Melville to Nathaniel Hawthorne (June 18], 1851) From Melville to Nathaniel Hawthorne (November 1851) From Melville to Sarah Huyler Morewood (September 1851) 2: Interpretations Critical History, Early Critical Reception: From review of Typee, United States Nautical Magazine (March 1846) From review of Typee, Critic [London], (March 1846) From review of Redburn, Bentley's Miscellany [London], (November 1849) From review of Redburn, New York Sunday Times and Noah's Weekly Messenger (November 18, 1849) From review of Moby-Dick, New York Evangelist (November 20, 1851) From review of Moby-Dick, Boston Post (November 20, 1851) From review of Moby-Dick, Albion [New York], (November 22, 1851) From Evert A. Duyckinck, review of Moby-Dick, Literary World [New York], (November 22, 1851) From review of Moby-Dick, Literary Gazette [London], (December 6, 1851) Modern Criticism: The Melville Revival:From E. L. Grant Watson, review of Melville's Moby-Dick (1920) From Frank Jewett Mather, Jr., Herman Melville (1919) From Raymond M. Weaver, The Centennial of Herman Melville (1919) From Carl Van Doren, Mr. Melville's Moby-Dick (1924) From H. M. Tomlinson, A Clue to Moby-Dick (1921) Moby-Dick Rising: Melville Criticism 1919-1970: From William Charvat, Melville and the Common Reader (1958) From Walter E. Bezanson, Moby-Dick: Work of Art (1953) From Merton M. Sealts, Jr., Melville and Emerson's Rainbow (1982) From Leon Howard, The Influence of Carlyle (1987) From Henry A. Murray, In Nomine Diaboli (1951) From]. A. Ward, The Function of the Cetological Chapters in Moby-Dick(1956) 92From Robert M. Greenberg, Cetology: Center of Multiplicity and Discord inMoby-Dick (1981) 95From Thomas Werge, Moby-Dick and the Calvinist Tradition (1969) 96Moby-Dick at the Millennium 98From Frank Shuffelton, Going Through the Long Vaticans: Melville's' Extracts' in Moby-Dick (1983) 98From Mark Niemeyer, Moby-Dick and the Spirit of Revolution (1994) 100From John Alvis, Mohy-Dick and Melville's Quarrel with America (1993) 103From DavidS. Reynolds, 'Its wood could only be American!': Moby-Dick and Antebellum Popular Culture (1992) 105From Sheila Post-Lauria, Originality: The Case of Moby-Dick (1996) 107From Elizabeth Schultz, The Sentimental Subtext of Moby-Dick: Melville's Response to the 'World of Woe' (1996) 109From Leland S. Person Jr., Melville's Cassock: Putting on Masculinity in Moby-Dick (1994) 113From Sterling Stuckey, The Tambourine in Glory: African Culture and Melville's Art (1998) 115From Joseph Andriano, Brother to Dragons: Race and Evolution in Moby-Dick (1996) From Paul Giles, 'Bewildering Intertanglement': Melville's Engagement with British Culture (1998) 3: Key Passages, Principal Biblical Allusions: Chapter 1: Loomings Chapter 3: The Spouter-Inn Chapter 9: The Sermon Chapter 10: A Bosom Friend Chapter 16: The Ship Chapter 23: The Lee Shore Chapter 26: Knights and Squires Chapter 27: Knights and Squires Chapter 28: Ahab Chapter 36: The Quarter-Deck Chapter 41: Moby Dick Chapter 42: The Whiteness of the Whale Chapter 44: The Chart Chapter 70: The Sphynx Chapter 95: The Cassock Chapter 96: The Try-Works Chapter 99: The Doubloon Chapter 114: The Gilder Chapter 119: The Candles Chapter 132: The Symphony Chapter 135: The Chase- Third Day, Epilogue4: Further Reading.

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• Authors: Michael J. Davey, Michael J. (Valdosta State University Davey
• Assisted by: Michael J Davey (Editor), Michael J. Davey (Editor), Duncan Wu (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.09.2003
• EAN: 9780415247719
• ISBN: 978-0-415-24771-9
• No. of pages: 208
• Series: Routledge Guides to Literature; Routledge Literary Sourcebooks; Routledge Guides to Literature
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies