Israel Potter: His Fifty Years of Exile - Couverture souple

Northwestern University Press

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0810115913 ISBN 13 : 9780810115910

Editeur : Northwestern University Press, 1998

Synopsis

Unique among Melville's works, Israel Potter was the author's only historical novel, presuming to offer the life history of Revolutionary War figure Israel Potter--based on Potter's own obscure narrative Life and Remarkable Adventures of Israel R. Potter--and featuring characters such as Benjamin Franklin and Ethan Allen. In offering the manuscript to his publisher, Melville assured him, "I engage that the story shall contain nothing of any sort to shock the fastidious. There will be very little reflective writing in it; nothing weighty. It is adventure." This came as a relief, for his previous novel, Pierre, had shocked readers and brought down universal castigation.

This edition is an Approved Text of the Center for Editions of American Authors (Modern Language Association of America).

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

HERMAN MELVILLE (1819-1891) was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet. He is best known for his novel Moby-Dick. His first three books gained much contemporary attention (the first, Typee, becoming a bestseller), and after a fast-blooming literary success in the late 1840s, his popularity declined precipitously in the mid-1850s and never recovered during his lifetime. When he died in 1891, he was almost completely forgotten. It was not until the "Melville Revival" in the early 20th century that his work won recognition, especially Moby-Dick, which was hailed as one of the literary masterpieces of both American and world literature. He was the first writer to have his works collected and published by the Library of America.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Northwestern University Press
• Date d'édition: 1998
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0810115913
• ISBN 13: 9780810115910
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 240
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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