Melville's Mirrors: Literary Criticism and America's Most Elusive Author
- ISBN-10
- 1640140530
- ISBN-13
- 9781640140530
- Category
- Literary Collections
- Pages
- 232
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2019-02-28
- Publisher
- Camden House
- Author
- Brian Yothers
Description
An accessible and highly readable guide to the story of Melville criticism as it has developed over the past century and a half.
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- 2011
- 210 pages
- Paperback
- Literary Criticism in Perspect
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