Melville biography : an inside narrative /

This book includes a mesmerizing autobiographical account of what went into creating the Herman Melville: A Biography. Then Parker traces six decades of the "unholy war" waged against biographical scholarship, in which critics repeatedly imposed the theory of organic unity on Melville'...

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Main Author:	Parker, Hershel
Corporate Author:	Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Evanston, Ill. : Northwestern University Press, 2012 Evanston, Ill. : c2012 Evanston, Ill. : ©2012 Evanston, Ill. : [2012]
Subjects:	Parker, Hershel Melville, Herman, > 1819-1891 > Criticism and interpretation > History Parker, Hershel > Herman Melville Parker, Hershel > Herman Melville. Melville, Herman, > 1819-1891 1800 - 1899 1800-1899 19th century Biography as a literary form Criticism > United States Novelists, American > Biography > History and criticism Novelists, American > 19th century > Biography > Biography > History and criticism Novelists, American > 19th century > Biography > History and criticism Biographies as Topic Criticism and interpretation Criticism History Novelists, American Novelists, American > Biography United States Biographies Criticism, interpretation, etc

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