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MelvilleA Biography
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Drawing on more than five hundred newly discovered letters, this book immerses the reader in the often turbulent world of Herman Melville, from his childhood to his seafaring days, to his often frustrating career as a writer. With energetic prose and an unerring eye for psychological nuance, Laurie Robertson-Lorant explores the forces that shaped the man: the women and children in his life, his enigmatic relationship with Nathaniel Hawthorne, the psychosexual tensions that informed his art, his struggles against debt, his disappointment about failing to win a popular audience for his more serious work, and the alcoholism and violence that plagued his family. Melville is an account of one of America's preeminent literary geniuses.
Genre: Biography & memoir, Literary Figures
Format: Paperback
Published: 1998
Pages: 710
Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
ISBN: 9781558491458
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