Melville's Thematics of Form : The Great Art of Telling the Truth - Dryden, Edgar A.; Project Muse. (Baltimore : Johns Hopkins Press, 1968)
A note on texts -- Metaphysics and the art of the novel -- Portraits of the artist as a young man: narrative form in Melville's early novels -- Ishmael as teller: self-conscious form in Moby-Dick -- The failure of the author-hero: narrative form in Pierre and Israel Potter -- The novelist as impostor: subversive form in The confidence-man -- Epilogue.
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Keywords: Melville, Herman, -- 1819-1891.; Melville, Herman, -- 1819-1891.; Melville, Herman, -- 1819-1891 -- Technique; Melville, Herman, -- 1819-1891 -- Technique; Technique; Literary form; Genres litteraires -- Histoire -- 19e siecle; Literary form -- History -- 19th century; History; Electronic books