Description
But modern critics have found Clarel a much better poem than was ever realized. Robert Penn Warren called it a precursor of The Waste Land. It abounds with revelations of Melville's inner life. Most strikingly, it is argued that the character Vine is a portrait of Melville's friend Nathaniel Hawthorne. Clarel is one of the most complex theological explorations of faith and doubt in all of American literature, and this edition brings Melville's poem to new life.
Book Information
ISBN 9780810125407
Author Herman Melville
Format Paperback
Page Count 499
Imprint Northwestern University Press
Publisher Northwestern University Press
Weight(grams) 691g