Melville and the Visual Arts

Melville and the Visual Arts
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Publisher : Kent State University Press
Total Pages : 244
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ISBN-10 : 0873385756
ISBN-13 : 9780873385756
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Book Synopsis Melville and the Visual Arts by : Douglas Robillard

Download or read book Melville and the Visual Arts written by Douglas Robillard and published by Kent State University Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Melville's allusions to works of art embellish his poems and novels. In this study, his use of the art analogy as a literary technique is traced, along with the influence of his predecessors and comtemporaries and how his sense of form was instructed by design in works of art.


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