Empire for Liberty: Melville and the Poetics of Individualism - Wai Chee Dimock - Books - Princeton University Press - 9780691015095 - February 21, 1991
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Wai Chee Dimock
Empire for Liberty: Melville and the Poetics of Individualism

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Approaching Herman Melville as a figure caught in the politics of a nation and an "imperial self", the author aims to challenge our view by demonstrating a link between the individualism that enabled Melville to write as a sovereign author and the nationalism that allowed America to grow into what Jefferson hoped would be an "empire for liberty".

264 pages

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released February 21, 1991
ISBN13 9780691015095
Publishers Princeton University Press
Pages 264
Dimensions 140 × 216 × 210 mm   ·   340 g
Language English  

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