The Value of Herman Melville

by Geoffrey Sanborn

Book Overview

In The Value of Herman Melville, Geoffrey Sanborn presents Melville to us neither as a somber purveyor of dark truths nor as an ironist who has outthought us in advance but as a quasi-maternal provider, a writer who wants more than anything else to supply us with the means of enriching our experiences. In twelve brief chapters, Sanborn examines the distinctive qualities of Melville's style - its dynamism, its improvisatoriness, its intimacy with remembered...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108471447
• ISBN13: 9781108471442
• Release Date: September 2018
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.8"