Melville and the visual arts : Ionian form, Venetian tint / Douglas Robillard.
Melville and the visual arts : Ionian form, Venetian tint / Douglas Robillard.
Melville and the visual arts : Ionian form, Venetian tint / Douglas Robillard.
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Publisher
Kent, Ohio ; London : Kent State University Press, c1997.
Call Numbers
N813.3/M531.3/2
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Language
English
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Physical content
xviii,205 p.,[8] p. of plates : ill., 1 facsim. ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. The Sister Arts: "I Shall Ere Long Paint to You as Well as One Can Without Canvas" -- 2. The Arts Observed: "Old Blurred, Bewrinkled Mezzotint" -- 3. Redburn: "Mythological Oil-Paintings" -- 4. Moby-Dick: "Less Erroneous Pictures" -- 5. Pierre: "A Stranger's Head by an Unknown Hand" -- 6. Clarel:...
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Publisher
Kent, Ohio ; London : Kent State University Press, c1997.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
c1997.
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Summary
Throughout his professional life, Herman Melville displayed a keen interested in the visual arts. He alluded to works of art to embellish his poems and novels and made substantial use of the technique of ekphrasis, the literary description of works by visual arts, to give body to plot and character. In carefully tracing Melville's use of the art an...
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Melville and the visual arts : Ionian form, Venetian tint / Douglas Robillard.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Date Copyright
c1997.
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N813.3/M531.3/2
Record Identifier
74VMyWdpqm6X
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ISBN
0873385756 :
9780873385756 :
DDC
813.3
MMS ID
991002105939702626
