Empire for Liberty: Melville and the Poetics of Individualism by Wai Chee Dimock

Empire for Liberty: Melville and the Poetics of Individualism

Wai Chee Dimock

264 pages first pub 1989 (editions)

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Wai Chee Dimock approaches Herman Melville not as a timeless genius, but as a historical figure caught in the politics of an imperial nation and an imperial self. She challenges our customary view by demonstrating a link between the individualism ...

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