Herman Melville: Stargazer

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McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP, 1998 - 142 pages
Melville's passion for things astronomical is visible throughout his canon. Zimmerman places Melville's many astronomical citations within the thematic context of the works in which they appear and within the larger cultural and historical context of nineteenth-century studies. In addition he provides a comprehensive catalogue of every reference to astronomy, its practitioners, and related topics in Melville's works. Herman Melville: Stargazer will be of great interest to scholars and students of American literature as well as those interested in the relationship between science and literature.
 

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The Cosmic Drama of Mardi
29
Stars and Spiritual Navigation in Clarel
43
Astronomical Imagery and Symbolic
58
Notes
119
Index
137
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Brett Zimmerman is the author of Herman Melville: Stargazer and numerous scholarly essays in magazines and academic journals in Canada, the United States, and England.

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