Critical Essays on Herman Melville's Pierre, Or, the Ambiguities (Critical Essays on American Literature)

ABOUT THIS BOOK: Here is a wealth of critical comment about the novel Pierre, one of Melville's most notorious and controversial works. Dubbed "The Most Impossible of All His Books" (Julian Hawthorne), Pierre has eventually come to be regarded as a complex and multi-valenced book -- one that perhaps reveals more about Melville than any other. This book begins with 35 early book reviews. Then there are about 200 pages of articles and essays on Pierre organized into 3 categories: Neglect and Abuse 1853-1917, Discovery 1919-1929, and Modern Criticism. Major commentators appear here alongside some obscure and largely forgotten sources. BOOK DETAILS: Sturdy two-cloth hardback sewn binding; 271 pp. Indexed.