Herman Melville : stargazer /
"Herman Melville's passion for things astronomical is visible throughout his writings. Brett 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-centur...
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Published: | Montreal [Que.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, 1998. |
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100 | 1 | |a Zimmerman, Brett, |d 1958- | |
245 | 1 | 0 | |a Herman Melville : |b stargazer / |c Brett Zimmerman. |
260 | |a Montreal [Que.] : |b McGill-Queen's University Press, |c 1998. | ||
300 | |a 1 online resource (xiv, 142 pages) : |b illustrations, maps | ||
336 | |a text |b txt |2 rdacontent | ||
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504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
520 | 1 | |a "Herman Melville's passion for things astronomical is visible throughout his writings. Brett 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."--BOOK JACKET. "Herman Melville: Stargazer will be of great interest to scholars and students of American literature, as well as to those interested in the relationship between science and literature."--Jacket. | |
588 | 0 | |a Print version record. | |
505 | 0 | |a Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 The Uranic Muse: Melville's Knowledge of Astronomy -- 2 The Cosmic Drama of Mardi -- 3 Stars and Spiritual Navigation in Clarel -- 4 Astronomical Imagery and Symbolic Antitheses in Billy Budd -- 5 Final Thoughts on Melville and Astronomy -- Appendix One: Catalogue of References to Astronomical Subjects -- Appendix Two: More Maps and Drawings from Hiram Mattison's Atlas -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M | |
505 | 8 | |a No -- p -- r -- s -- t -- u -- v -- w -- z | |
506 | |a Access limited to authorized users. | ||
600 | 1 | 0 | |a Melville, Herman, |d 1819-1891 |x Criticism and interpretation. |
600 | 1 | 0 | |a Melville, Herman, |d 1819-1891 |x Knowledge |x Astronomy. |
650 | 0 | |a Astronomy in literature. | |
655 | 0 | |a Electronic books. | |
773 | |t EBSCOhost Ebook Collection. | ||
776 | 0 | 8 | |i Print version: |a Zimmerman, Brett, 1958- |t Herman Melville. |d Montreal ; Ithaca [N.Y.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©1998 |w (DLC) 00268966 |
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