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Category: Books (Literary Criticism)
Author: Finkelstein, Dorothee Metlitsky
Author: Finkelstein, Dorothee Metlitsky
ISBN-10: 0300116462
ISBN-10: 0300116462
ISBN-13: 9780300116465
ISBN-13: 9780300116465
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publisher: Yale University Press
Pages: 332
Pages: 332
Binding: Hardcover
Binding: Hardcover
Pub Date: 01-May-2005
Pub Date: 01-May-2005
SKU: 0300116462-11-MPOD
SKU: 0300116462-11-MPOD
Item ID: 100830257

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A specialist in the field of Arabic and Islamic history here examines Herman Melville’s interest in the Near East and discusses its influence on his work. An analysis of Islamic elements in Melville’s symbolism, particularly inMardi,Moby-Dick, andClarel, throws new light on the interpretation of these works. Dorthee Metlitsky Finkelstein is lecturer in English at the University of California, Berkeley. Yale Publications in American Studies, 5.