Empire for Liberty: Melville and the Poetics of Individualism

by Dimock, Wai Chee
ISBN: 9780691067582
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Overview

Wai Chee Dimock approaches Herman Melville not as a timeless genius, but as a historical figure caught in the politics of an imperial nation and an "imperial self." She challenges our customary view by demonstrating a link between the individualism that enabled Melville to write as a sovereign author and the nationalism that allowed America to grow into what Jefferson hoped would be an "empire for liberty."

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Author: Dimock, Wai Chee
  • ISBN: 9780691067582
  • Condition: Used
  • Number Of Pages: 264
  • Publication Year: 1989