An edition of Melville biography
(2013)
Melville biography
an inside narrative
by Hershel Parker
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Melville biography: an inside narrative
2013, Northwestern University Press
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0810127091 9780810127098
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Table of Contents
Part I. Biographer and biography
Melville and the footsteps theory of biography --
Textual editor as biographer in training: the Norton Moby-Dick and the Northwestern-Newberry writings of Herman Melville --
Entangled by Pierre: doing biography away from the archives --
Creating the new Melville log and writing the biography --
Facts that do not speak for themselves --
Desiderata and discoveries in traditional archives and databases -- -- Part II. Critics vs. biographical scholarship
Agenda-driven reviewers: Melville in the insular New York newspapers and magazines vs. global loomings from "ragtag bloggers" and litblogs --
Little Jack Horners and archivophobics --
Biographical scholars and recidivist critics --
Presentism in Melville biography --
The late twentieth-century mini-Melville: New York intellectuals without information --
The early twenty-first-century mini-Melville: New York intellectuals without information -- -- Part III. The biographer in the workshop: demonstrations and challenges
Melville as the "modern Boccaccio": the fascinations of Fayaway --
Melville's courtship of Elizabeth Shaw --
Melville's short run of good luck (1845-1849): fool's paradise without international copyright --
Melville without international copyright (1850-1854): a Harper "sacrifice" for the "public good" --
Melville and Hawthorne's dinner at the Hotel in Lenox --
Why Melville took Hawthorne to the holy land: biography enhanced by databases and an amateur blogger --
Melville as a Titan of literature among high-minded British admirers: the Kory-Kory and Queequeg component --
Damned by dollars: Moby-Dick and the price of genius.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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