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Elizabeth Renker (foreword by) and
Sanford E. Marovitz (editor)
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Kent State Univ Pr
Publication date
October 15, 2013
Pages
268
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9781606351727
ISBN-10
1606351729
Dimensions
1 by 6.25 by 9 in.
Weight
1.30 lbs.
Original list price
$60.00
Other format details
university press
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Herman Melvilleâs literary reputation is based chiefly on his fiction, especially Moby-Dick and Billy Budd. Yet he was a gifted poet, as evidenced by his collection of Civil War poems, Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War (1866), and by his epic-length poem, Clarel (1876), a symbolic rendering of his pilgrimage of 1856â57 to the Holy Land, as well as the two small volumes of poems he published before his death in 1891. Melville as Poet: The Art of âPulsed Lifeâ opens with an introduction by Sanford E. Marovitz and the late Douglas Robillard on Melvilleâs conception of poetry as a literary form. The essays begin with Dennis Bertholdâs study of how Melvilleâs observations of art at New Yorkâs National Academy of Design in 1865 are reflected in Battle-Pieces, and Mary K. Bercaw Edwards follows, describing how the nautical combat of the ironclads Monitor and Merrimack became a subject of wide contemporary interest in popular culture. The next three essays focus on Clarel. Peter Riley explains how Melvilleâs familiarity with the congestion of Lower Manhattan as a customs inspector influenced his descriptions of Jerusalem. Gordon M. Poole then discusses notable subtleties in Ruggero Bianchiâs Italian translation of the poem, and Robert R. Wallace reveals how selected Biblical prints and other graphics familiar to Melville affected the poetâs descriptions in Clarel. Melvilleâs John Marr and Other Sailors (1888) is then examined by A. Robert Lee, who emphasizes the themes of memory and death in that small volume, and Sanford E. Marovitz illuminates Melvilleâs method of unifying Timoleon, Etc. by using contrast to bind, not separate. Vernon Shetley compares Melvilleâs âPausilippoâ thematically with Shelleyâs âJulian and Maddalo,â and Michael Jonik explores âThe Archipelagoâ for insights into Melvilleâs experimentation with imagery and form. Finally, Wyn Kelley, Clark Davis, and Robert Sandberg imaginatively examine and reassess poems Melville left unpublished at his death. Melville as Poet is a valuable collection of new and critical scholarship that aims to encourage more and deeper study of Melvilleâs art of poetry.
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With Elizabeth Renker (other contributor) |
from Kent State Univ Pr (October 15, 2013)
9781606351727 | details & prices | 268 pages | 6.25 × 9.00 × 1.00 in. | 1.30 lbs | List price $60.00
About: Herman Melvilleâs literary reputation is based chiefly on his fiction, especially Moby-Dick and Billy Budd.
About: Herman Melvilleâs literary reputation is based chiefly on his fiction, especially Moby-Dick and Billy Budd.
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