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008			070607s2008 ilu b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2007023779
020			_a9780810124646 (cloth : alk. paper)
020			_a0810124645 (cloth : alk. paper)
040			_aSEKU
050	0	0	_aPS 2387 _b.P28 2008
100	1		_aParker, Hershel.
245	1	0	_aMelville : _bthe making of the poet _cHershel Parker.
260			_aEvanston, Ill. : _bNorthwestern University Press, _cc2008.
300			_ax, 238 p. ; _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 217-223) and index.
505	0		_aMelville'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contents of poems (1860), -- On the meteor: Melville when he thought he was a published poet -- His verse still unpublished, Melville defines himself as poet, 1861-1862 -- Battle-pieces and aspects of the war: Melville's second volume of poems.
600	1	0	_aMelville, Herman, _d1819-1891 _xCriticism and interpretation.
856	4	1	_3Table of contents only _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0720/2007023779.html
856	4	2	_3Contributor biographical information _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0726/2007023779-b.html
856	4	2	_3Publisher description _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0726/2007023779-d.html
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