Gothic Melville

By: Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock (Editor), Monika Elbert (Editor)

Write A Review

Hardcover | 15 September 2024 | Edition Number 1

At a Glance

Hardcover
304 Pages

Edition Type
New edition

Dimensions(cm)
21.59 x 13.79 x 2.28

Hardcover

RRP $175.00

$169.25

or 4 interest-free payments of $42.31 with

Aims to ship in 10 to 15 business days

The first book to explore Herman Melville as a Gothic writer.

In a famous review of Nathaniel Hawthorne's Mosses from an Old Manse, Herman Melville took the critics to task for missing the darkness as the heart of Hawthorne's writing-a blackness "ten times black," as Melville put it, that fascinated him. Ironically, Melville has been subject to the same treatment by critics who have in large measure steered clear of Melville's darkness. The contributors to Gothic Melville reveal that, if Hawthorne's darkness is ten times black, then Melville's is a hundred times so, as his works repeatedly raise questions about what the truth is or if truth exists at all.

This edited collection of scholarly essays makes up for the critical neglect of Melville's Gothicism by arguing that the Gothic is so extensively interwoven into the fabric of his writing that Melville must at last be recognized as among the genre's most important practitioners.

Shipping

	Standard Shipping	Express Shipping
Metro postcodes:	$9.99	$14.95
Regional postcodes:	$9.99	$14.95
Rural postcodes:	$9.99	$14.95

How to return your order

At Booktopia, we offer hassle-free returns in accordance with our returns policy. If you wish to return an item, please get in touch with Booktopia Customer Care.

Additional postage charges may be applicable.