American Literary Essays1960 |
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... Melville This essay proposes to approach Herman Melville altogether gingerly and from behind the safe bulwark of his assured position - whatever that is - in American literature , -whatever that may be . The tacit assumption will be all ...
... Melville This essay proposes to approach Herman Melville altogether gingerly and from behind the safe bulwark of his assured position - whatever that is - in American literature , -whatever that may be . The tacit assumption will be all ...
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... Melville was a sport , and unique , and perhaps that is the right thing to say ; but it would be more useful if we were able to say that Melville's lack of influence at least partly arose from a series of technical defects in persuasive ...
... Melville was a sport , and unique , and perhaps that is the right thing to say ; but it would be more useful if we were able to say that Melville's lack of influence at least partly arose from a series of technical defects in persuasive ...
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... Melville's text alone , and insist merely that as an artist Melville misunderstood the import of his own words . The " universal lurking insincerity " he spoke of , is just the most fascinating aspect of the face of dra- matic truth ...
... Melville's text alone , and insist merely that as an artist Melville misunderstood the import of his own words . The " universal lurking insincerity " he spoke of , is just the most fascinating aspect of the face of dra- matic truth ...
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Introduction | 1 |
Oliver Wendell Holmes 18091894 | 5 |
Washington Irving 17831859 | 16 |
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