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Melville essays the romance: Comedy and being in Frankenstein, 'The Big Bear of Arkansas', and Moby-Dick

Authors :
Bryant, John
Source :
Nineteenth-Century Literature. Dec, 2006, Vol. 61 Issue 3, p277, 34 p.
Publication Year :
2006

Abstract

Herman Melville's essaying of narrative structure and symbol in 'Moby-Dick' is demonstrated by linking it to Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein' and Thomas Bangs Thorpe's 'The Big Bear of Arkansas'. It showed that Romance was a mode of writing that he adopted during a particular state in his creativity leading to the discovery of the relation of self and other as well as a strategy for reaching an audience.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
08919356
Volume :
61
Issue :
3
Database :
Gale General OneFile
Journal :
Nineteenth-Century Literature
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsgcl.161753636