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The Raven and the Whale: Poe, Melville, and the New York Literary Scene
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Publisher Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
Publication date November 1, 1997
Pages 370
Binding Paperback
Edition Reprint
Book category Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9780801857508
ISBN-10 0801857503
Dimensions 1 by 6 by 9 in.
Weight 1.15 lbs.
Availability§ Out of Print
Original list price $19.95
Other format details university press
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A social, cultural, and literary history of the New York literary scene between 1833 and 1857, The Raven and the Whale focuses on the long and acrimonious battle between the conservative Lewis Gaylord Clark, the editor of the influential Knickerbocker, and his camp, and the democratic Evert Duyckinck, a Wiley and Putnam editor who commissioned works by both Poe and Melville, and the "Young America" over the direction that American literature should take.



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9780801857508 | details & prices | 370 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 1.00 in. | 1.15 lbs | List price $19.95
About: A social, cultural, and literary history of the New York literary scene between 1833 and 1857, The Raven and the Whale focuses on the long and acrimonious battle between the conservative Lewis Gaylord Clark, the editor of the influential Knickerbocker, and his camp, and the democratic Evert Duyckinck, a Wiley and Putnam editor who commissioned works by both Poe and Melville, and the "Young America" over the direction that American literature should take.

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