Melville and the visual arts : Ionian form, Venetian tint /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Robillard, Douglas, 1928-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Kent, Ohio : Kent State University Press, [1997]
Subjects:	Melville, Herman, > 1819-1891 > Knowledge > Art. Art and literature > United States > History > 19th century. Visual perception in literature.

Table of Contents:

The sister arts : "I shall ere long paint to you as well as one can without canvas"
The arts observed : "old blurred, bewrinkled mezzotint"
Redburn : "mythological oil-paintings"
Moby-Dick : "less erroneous pictures"
Pierre : "a stranger's head by an unknown hand"
Clarel : "dwell on those etchings in the night"
The visual imagination : "wanderings after the picturesque".