That Darker, Though Truer Aspect of Things
Melville's Failed Romances
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4275737 |
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| Authors | Zachary Lamm (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 1-16 |
| Publication date | 2014-06-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Mosaic (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0027-1276 • E-ISSN: 1925-5683 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/mos.2014.0021 |
| OpenAlex | W2048854373 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 8 |
This essay explores ways in which Herman Melville's romances, including Pierre and Moby-Dick , simultaneously utilize and undermine the conventions of the romance as defined by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The visionary work of the romance is undercut by Melville's skepticism toward fantasy, resulting from his perception of the inescapability of material culture
Aesthetics · Art · Chivalry · Epistemology · Fantasy · Literature · Romance · Skepticism · Contemporary Literature and Criticism · Cultural Studies and Interdisciplinary Research · Philosophy · Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism
| Highly cited | No |
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