Melville :
Parker, Hershel.
Melville : the making of the poet Hershel Parker. - Evanston, Ill. : Northwestern University Press, c2008. - x, 238 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-223) and index.
Melville's lost books and the trajectory of his career as poet -- A poet in prose: how critics prepared Melville to think of himself as a poet -- Melville as hearer and reciter of poetry -- The omnipresence of poetry, 1820s-1848 -- The renewed power of poetry in Melville's life, 1849-1856 -- The status of poetry and the temptation of flunkeyism -- A nonpartisan becoming a poet during the Risorgimento -- Melville's progress as poet, 1857(?) to May 1860 -- Possible contents of poems (1860), -- On the meteor: Melville when he thought he was a published poet -- His verse still unpublished, Melville defines himself as poet, 1861-1862 -- Battle-pieces and aspects of the war: Melville's second volume of poems.
9780810124646 (cloth : alk. paper) 0810124645 (cloth : alk. paper)
2007023779
Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 --Criticism and interpretation.
PS 2387 / .P28 2008
Melville : the making of the poet Hershel Parker. - Evanston, Ill. : Northwestern University Press, c2008. - x, 238 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-223) and index.
Melville's lost books and the trajectory of his career as poet -- A poet in prose: how critics prepared Melville to think of himself as a poet -- Melville as hearer and reciter of poetry -- The omnipresence of poetry, 1820s-1848 -- The renewed power of poetry in Melville's life, 1849-1856 -- The status of poetry and the temptation of flunkeyism -- A nonpartisan becoming a poet during the Risorgimento -- Melville's progress as poet, 1857(?) to May 1860 -- Possible contents of poems (1860), -- On the meteor: Melville when he thought he was a published poet -- His verse still unpublished, Melville defines himself as poet, 1861-1862 -- Battle-pieces and aspects of the war: Melville's second volume of poems.
9780810124646 (cloth : alk. paper) 0810124645 (cloth : alk. paper)
2007023779
Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 --Criticism and interpretation.
PS 2387 / .P28 2008