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Melville and the visual arts : Ionian form, Venetian tint

Title
Melville and the visual arts : Ionian form, Venetian tint / Douglas Robillard.
Author
Robillard, Douglas, 1928-2012
Publication
Kent, Ohio : Kent State University Press, c1997.

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Book/TextUse in library JFE 97-13651Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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Description
xviii, 205 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Subject
  • Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 > Knowledge > Art
  • Art and literature > United States > History > 19th century
  • Visual perception in literature
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-197) and index.
Contents
The sister arts : "I shall ere long paint to you as well as one can without canvas" -- The arts observed : "old blurred, bewrinkled mezzotint" -- Redburn : "mythological oil-paintings" -- Moby-Dick : "less erroneous pictures" -- Pierre : "a stranger's head by an unknown hand" -- Clarel : "dwell on those etchings in the night" -- The visual imagination : "wanderings after the picturesque".
Call Number
JFE 97-13651
ISBN
0873385756 (alk. paper)
LCCN
97006780
OCLC
36548853
Author
Robillard, Douglas, 1928-2012.
Title
Melville and the visual arts : Ionian form, Venetian tint / Douglas Robillard.
Imprint
Kent, Ohio : Kent State University Press, c1997.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-197) and index.
Research Call Number
JFE 97-13651
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