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Maloney, Ian S., 1975-

Melville's monumental imagination / Ian S. Maloney. - 1 online resource (x, 166 pages). - Studies in major literary authors . - Studies in major literary authors (Unnumbered) .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-162) and index.

Melville's monumental mind -- Peeping into Polynesian memorials : ekphrastic indifference in travel and Typee -- Plodding through Mardi's mazes and monuments : the imaginary voyage into ekphrastic hope -- Redburn and the realistic journey of ekphrastic fear -- Fast fish, fluid forms, and Moby-Dick -- Pierre and Israel Potter : fragments, fissures, and forgotten heroes in stone and print.

ISBN: 9781135489632 1135489637 9780203959213 0203959213

Subjects--Personal Names:
Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 --Technique.
Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 --Knowledge--Art.
Melville, Herman, 1819-1891.

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
1800 - 1899

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Description (Rhetoric)--History--19th century.
Monuments in literature.
Memorials in literature.
Sculpture in literature.
Ekphrasis.
LITERARY CRITICISM--American--General.
Art.
Description (Rhetoric)
Ekphrasis.
Memorials in literature.
Monuments in literature.
Sculpture in literature.
Technique.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
Art.
History.

LC Class. No.: PS2388.T4 / M34 2006eb

Dewey Class. No.: 813/.3