Melville and the visual arts : Ionian form, Venetian tint

Melville and the visual arts : Ionian form, Venetian tint / Douglas Robillard.

Author/creator	Robillard, Douglas, 1928-2012
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Kent, Ohio : Kent State University Press, ©1997.
Description	xviii, 205 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subject(s)	Melville, Herman, 1819-1891--Knowledge --Art. Art and literature--United States --History --19th century. Visual perception in literature.

Contents	The sister arts : "I shall ere long paint to you as well as one can without canvas" -- The arts observed : "old blurred, bewrinkled mezzotint" -- Redburn : "mythological oil-paintings" -- Moby-Dick : "less erroneous pictures" -- Pierre : "a stranger's head by an unknown hand" -- Clarel : "dwell on those etchings in the night" -- The visual imagination : "wanderings after the picturesque".
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-197) and index.
LCCN	97006780
ISBN	0873385756 (alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	PS2388.A75 R63 1997	✔ Available	Place Hold