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245 10 a| Herman Melville :b| a very short introduction /c| Maurice S. Lee.;

264 1 a| New York, NY :b| Oxford University Press,c| 2025.;

300 a| xxii, 134 pages :b| illustrations, portraits ;c| 18 cm;

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490 1 a| A very short introduction;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

520 a| "Best known for Moby-Dick, Melville crafted novels, experimental fiction, and poetry that confront economic inequality, slavery, science, and democracy's fragility. This VSI traces his dramatic journey from privilege to poverty, his adventures at sea, his meteoric rise to fame, and his fall into obscurity after challenging social and artistic conventions. It examines how he reinvents himself as a poet and how his genius gains recognition only after his death. Melville's restless ambition and bold imagination shape a literary legacy that remains vital today"-- Provided by publisher.;

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Herman Melville : a very short introduction / Maurice S. Lee.

Author/creator	Lee, Maurice S. author.
Format	Book
Publication	New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2025.
Copyright Date	©2025
Description	xxii, 134 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 18 cm
Subjects	Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 http://id.loc.gov/rwo/agents/n79006936 Melville, Herman, 1819-1891--Criticism and interpretation. Novelists, American--19th century. --Biography.

Series	A very short introduction Very short introductions. ^A467935
Abstract	"Best known for Moby-Dick, Melville crafted novels, experimental fiction, and poetry that confront economic inequality, slavery, science, and democracy's fragility. This VSI traces his dramatic journey from privilege to poverty, his adventures at sea, his meteoric rise to fame, and his fall into obscurity after challenging social and artistic conventions. It examines how he reinvents himself as a poet and how his genius gains recognition only after his death. Melville's restless ambition and bold imagination shape a literary legacy that remains vital today"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other form	Online version http://id.loc.gov/entities/relationships/onlineversion S. Lee, Maurice Herman Melville :&nbs New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2025 9780197753071
Genre/form	Biographies.
Genre/form	Literary criticism.
Genre/form	Biographies.
Genre/form	Critiques littéraires.
LCCN	2025019943
ISBN	9780197753057
ISBN	0197753051 paperback
ISBN	electronic book

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