Browsing by Subject "Melville, Herman,"

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    • The documentary experience : Hawthorne, Melville and the aesthetics of fancy 
      Turner, Alden Rolfe (Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1982)
      The literary aesthetic conventions and innovations practiced in American fiction writers' recourse to historical documentary materials falls within a documentary tradition associated with the generic development of the ...
    • The eagle tries his wings : a study of philosophical aspects of Melville's Mardi 
      Hohlt, David Theodor (Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1979)
      Melville's "Mardi" contains a largely unexplicated body of philosophical discussions and discourses which depict his extensive intellectual development during the two years in which the book was written (Spring 1847 to ...
    • Herman Melville: the art of telling the truth 
      Wright, Ray Gaylon (Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1972)
      Those of Melville's critics who note his ambiguity usually react in one of two ways. Either they try to solve his ambiguity, or they decide that his "art" is hopelessly confused. My study maintains, however, that instead ...