Charles Olson
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
First published in 1947, this acknowledged classic of American literary criticism explores the influences-especially Shakespearean ones-on Melville's writing of Moby-Dick. One of the first Melvilleans to advance what has since become known as the "theory of the two Moby-Dicks," Olson argues that there were two versions of Moby-Dick, and that Melville's reading King Lear for the first time in between the first and second versions of the book had a...
Author
Series
New Directions paperbook ; 231
Publisher
New Directions Books are published for James Laughlin by New Directions Publishing Corporation
Pub. Date
[1966]
Language
English