Description: Pierre; or The Ambiguities by Herman Melville, Mybook Herman Melville (1819-1891), now at the center of the American literary canon, was wildly dismissed for this labyrinthine effort. With the Boston Post writing upon its release, "it might be supposed to emanate from a lunatic hospital rather than from the quiet retreats of Berkshire." Perhaps Melvilles most difficult and wildly textured work, "Pierre: Or, The Ambiguities," (1852) to this day evades easy categorization or critical interpretation. Now seen as an ambitious foray into proto-modernist composition, the text was initially met with utter consternation and was a commercial failure. Published a year after his magnum opus "Moby Dick, or, The Whale," "Pierre" tracks the nineteen year old Pierre Glendinning through his life in New York City as a fledgling novelist. Mr. Melville himself can be seen in the melodramatic life of Pierre. Wrestling with the literary trends of transcendentalism that pervaded his day, the novel, on some level, also parodies the gothic tradition of grand morality. But it is this morality that is brought into focus, scrutinizing it only as Melville can. Spoken of as "word piled upon word, and syllable heaped upon syllable, until the tongue grows as bewildered as the mind, and both refuse to perform their offices from sheer inability to grasp the magnitude of the absurdities...," the torrential dismay that this novel was met with now sounds like the unknown beginnings of a revolution. Experimental and without reservations, "Pierre" will remain a glowing oddity of American literature. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Herman Melville (1819-1891) was an American novelist, sh Herman Melville (1819-1891) was an American novelist, sh Herman Melville (1819-1891) was an American novelist, sh Herman Melville (1819-1891) was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet who received wide acclaort story writer, essayist, and poet who received wide acclaort story writer, essayist, and poet who received wide acclaort story writer, essayist, and poet who received wide acclaim for his earliest novels, such as "Typee" and "Redburn", bim for his earliest novels, such as "Typee" and "Redburn", bim Details ISBN1490928367 Author Mybook Short Title PIERRE OR THE AMBIGUITIES Pages 358 Language English ISBN-10 1490928367 ISBN-13 9781490928364 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY FIC Residence New York City New York, US Birth 1819 Death 1891 Year 2013 Publication Date 2013-07-06 Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing Platform Edited by Mybook Publisher Createspace Independent Publishing Platform Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:77570804;
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