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"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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| Online Access: | Electronic book from EBSCO |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: | Montreal [Que.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, 1998. |
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Table of Contents:
- 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
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