Jana L Argersinger

Hawthorne and Melville: Writing a Relationship Jana L Argersinger

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Avail. in cloth. Review Quotes: "This provocative book, as it examines the complex relationship between Hawthorne and Melville, yields a series of engrossing and deeply informed readings of their lives and their works. The contributors to this volume have obviously freed themselves from the tradition of a cautious and muted approach to the Hawthorne-Melville relationship and, by taking a new, boldly imaginative and speculative approach, have arrived at rich new understandings of the relationship, especially its sexual and political dynamics. The result is a major contribution to scholarship of the period."--Larry J. Reynolds, author of "European Revolutions and the American Literary Renaissance"Review Quotes: "This engaging--sometimes even moving--collection produces a compelling, multidirectional dialogue about how readers might understand the substance of the provocatively cryptic relationship between Herman Melville and Nathaniel Hawthorne. Whatever their answers, the essays included here manage to convey the critical liveliness that each scholar brings to the incomplete dialogue between these two centrally important U. S. writers."--Dana D. Nelson, Vanderbilt UniversityBiographical Note: Jana L. Argersinger is a coeditor of "ESQ: A Journal of the American Renaissance" and "Poe Studies/Dark Romanticism" and serves as president of the Council of Editors of Learned Journals. Leland S. Person is a professor of English at the University of Cincinnati. His books include "The Cambridge Introduction to Nathaniel Hawthorne."Publisher Marketing: The 12 essays in this book focus on a number of provocative personal, professional and literary ambiguities existing between Hawthorne and Melville. The essays are informed by a variety of critical approaches and by new historical insights into the possibilities that existed for male friendship in 19th-century America. Review Citations:

Chronicle of Higher Education 07/11/2008 pg. 17 (EAN 9780820330969, Paperback)

Chronicle of Higher Education 07/11/2008 pg. 17 (EAN 9780820327518, Hardcover)

Contributor Bio:  Person, Leland S Leland S. Person is Professor of English at the University of Cincinnati.