Dead letters to the New world : Melville, Emerson, and American transcendentalism /: Melville, Emerson, and American transcendentalism. (2003)
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- Book
- Title:
- Dead letters to the New world : Melville, Emerson, and American transcendentalism /: Melville, Emerson, and American transcendentalism. (2003)
- Main Title:
- Dead letters to the New world : Melville, Emerson, and American transcendentalism
- Further Information:
- Note: By Michael McLoughlin.
- Other Names:
- McLoughlin, Michael, 1969-
- Contents:
- 1. Correspondent colorings: Emerson and Melville -- 2. Shadows in Eden: American transcendentalism and its discontents -- 3. Deeper shadows to come: The transcendental underpinnings of Melville's early works -- 4. Defying nature: Moby-Dick and the limits of Emersonian individualism -- 5. A hell-fired rural bowl of milk: Melville's Pierre and transcendental rebellion -- 6. Naked nature aboard the San Dominick: "Benito Cereno, " Emerson, and the gothic -- 7. The endless, winding way: Melville's engagement with Emerson in The Whale's wake -- Appendix: The Emerson-Melville relationship: An annotated secondary bibliography.
- Publisher Details:
- Place of publication not identified : Routledge
- Publication Date:
- 2003
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (282 pages)
- Subjects:
- 813/.3
LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General
Philosophy
Fate and fatalism in literature
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Philosophy in literature
Sea stories, American
Transcendentalism in literature
Transcendentalism (New England)
Sea stories, American -- History and criticism
Transcendentalism in literature
Fate and fatalism in literature
Transcendentalism (New England)
Philosophy in literature
Transzendentalismus
Transzendentalismus
Criticism, interpretation, etc
Criticism and interpretation
Influence
Philosophy - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781135885304
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