Herman Melville
The Contemporary Reviews
Brian Higgins editor Hershel Parker editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Published:27th Oct '95
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This volume reprints virtually all the known contemporary reviews of Herman Melville's writings from the 1840s until his death in 1891.
Herman Melville: The Contemporary Reviews reprints virtually all the known contemporary reviews of Herman Melville's writings from the 1840s until his death in 1891. Many of his reviews are reprinted from hard-to-locate contemporary newspapers and periodicals. These materials document the response of the reviewers to specific worlds and share the course of Melville's nineteenth century reputation as travel writer, romancer, short-story writer, and poet.
Review of the hardback: 'A beautifully presented, meticulously researched volume.' Borderlines
ISBN: 9780521414234
Dimensions: 241mm x 160mm x 41mm
Weight: 940g
586 pages