Melville's Thematics of Form The Great Art of Telling the Truth
Originally published in 1968. Professor Dryden sees Melville's novels both as metaphysical processes and as technical forms. The novelist is not a reporter but a creator, and what he creates from his experience is his vision of truth. Herman Melville saw the function of the novelist in terms of...
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Main Author: | Dryden, Edgar (auth) |
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Format: | Electronic Book Chapter |
Language: | English |
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Johns Hopkins University Press
2019
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