Mourning, Gender, and Creativity in the Art of Herman Melville

by Neal L. Tolchin

This engrossing book by Neal L. Tolchin has a dual it builds a case for the pivotal role of chronic grief in Victorian America, and it uses this thesis to illuminate Herman Melville's work, showing how unresolved grief for his dead father influenced the writer's art.

234 pages, Hardcover

First published March 23, 1988