Herman Melville: Pierre | Taschenbuch

Cover: 9780140434842 | Pierre | or, The Ambiguities | Herman Melville | Taschenbuch | 2002

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'Ambiguities indeed! One long brain-muddling, soul-bewildering ambiguity (to borrow Mr. Melville's style), like Melchisedeck, without beginning or end-a labyrinth without a clue - an Irish bog without so much as a Jack o'the'lantern to guide the wanderer's footsteps - the dream of a distempered stomach, disordered by a hasty supper on half-cooked pork chops." So judged the New York Herald when Pierre was first published in 1852, with most contemporary reviewers joining in the general condemnation: 'a dead failure,' 'this crazy rigmarole,' and "a literary mare's nest." Latter-day critics have recognized in the story of Melville's idealistic young hero a corrosive satire of the sentimental-Gothic novel, and a revolutionary foray into modernist literary techniques.

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Über den Autor

Herman Melville was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet of the nineteenth century. Drawing on his own experiences at sea, he produced a body of work that combines adventure with philosophical and symbolic depth. Though not fully recognised during his lifetime, Melville is now regarded as one of the central figures of American literature, with Moby-Dick standing as his most significant achievement.

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Empfohlen (von):	18
Erscheinungsjahr:	2002
Genre:	Importe , Romane & Erzählungen
Rubrik:	Belletristik
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13:	9780140434842
ISBN-10:	0140434844
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Melville, Herman
Redaktion:	Spengemann, William C.
Zusammengestellt:	Spengemann, William
Hersteller:	Penguin Publishing Group
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Petersen Buchimport GmbH, Vertrieb, Weidestr. 122a, D-22083 Hamburg, gpsr@petersen-buchimport.com
Maße:	197 x 129 x 23 mm
Von/Mit:	Herman Melville
Erscheinungsdatum:	28.06.2002
Gewicht:	0,44 kg