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Hershel Parker

    Hershel Parker è professore emerito presso l'Università del Delaware e una delle massime autorità su Herman Melville. I suoi studi approfondiscono la vita e gli scritti di Melville, esplorando in particolare il suo sviluppo come poeta e i processi interni che hanno plasmato il suo genio letterario. La meticolosa ricerca e l'approccio analitico di Parker rivelano nuove prospettive su uno dei più importanti autori americani.

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    The Norton Anthology of American Literature
    The Recognition of Herman Melville
    • The Norton Anthology of American Literature

      Shorter Edition

      • 1955pagine
      • 69 ore di lettura

      Published in two volumes, the newest edition of THE NORTON ANTHOLOGY OF AMERICAN LITERATURE presents the work of 212 writers--38 newly included. From trickster tales of the Native American tradition to bestsellers of early women writers to postmodernism, this edition conveys the diversity of American literature from its origins to the present. Volume 2 covers the period of 1865 to the present.

      The Norton Anthology of American Literature
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    • Typee

      A Peep at Polynesian Life During a Four Months' Residence in a Valley of the Marquesas - Definitive and Uncensored

      Set in the paradise of a South Sea island, "Typee" is a combination of fact and fiction. The tale is a distortion of the life of the Typees and foreshadows the metaphysical preoccupations in Melville's later work with its depiction of the evil and mystery lurking beneath the idyllic setting.

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