Melville in His Own Time : a Biographical Chronicle of His Life, Drawn from Recollections, Interviews, and Memoirs by Family, Friends, and Associates /
Owing to the decline of his contemporary fame and to decades of posthumous neglect, Herman Melville remains enigmatic to readers despite his status as one of America's most securely canonical authors. Born into patrician wealth but plunged into poverty as a child, in 1840 he signed aboard the w...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Iowa City :
University of Iowa Press,
[2015]
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| Series: | Writers in their own time.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT CONNECT |
