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Details Lawrence's reception of Melville and reveals his underacknowledged role in the Melville Revival, while contributing to the history of the book and the study of the creative process.How Lawrence Read Melville is a highly focused account of D. H. Lawrence's discovery and reception of Herman Melville, from when he first read Moby-Dick as a young man to his final references to Melville in his late works. It shows Lawrence's initial reaction to Moby-Dick; how it led him to other works by Melville, namely Typee and Omoo; and how Melville affected Lawrence's critical and creative writing and shaped his philosophy.This book is a study of the creative process that shows how one great writer inspired another, but it also makes a major contribution to the history of the book and two of its subfields: the history of reading, and reception studies. By his death in 1891, Melville had been forgotten except by a small circle of English enthusiasts. That group put Lawrence onto Melville, whereupon he became a - until now largely unacknowledged - leader of the Melville Revival that rescued the great writer from obscurity. This Swiss army knife of a book will appeal to scholars and booklovers alike.

A history of the most important scholarly criticism of Emerson from his time down to the present.

The first full-length study of the reception of Wordsworth's poetry and theory.

Reveals strikingly the fundamental problem of translating oral poetry into a written literature.

Examines the critical reputation of one of the great literary critics.

The first study of the importance of ritual in the works of O'Connor, with in-depth analysis of six of the writer's works.

The first detailed study of a major but neglected work by Thoreau.

Beginning with the reception of Aphra Behn's work in her own time, which she herself helped to orchestrate by presenting herself as seductive woman, beleaguered lady writer and serious intellectual, this study ends with critical views on Behn in the last years of the 20th century.

Stylistic study of Virgina Woolf's fiction.

First ever full-length study of four works by Gilbert Sorrentino, the contemporary American novelist.

The first study of the literary criticism on Murdoch's novels.

Investigation of the complex relationship between Thomas Wolfe and his critics, showing the effect of criticism on his career.

Essays of American-domiciled Anglo-Welsh poet.

Study of problems of translating oral literature, illustrated by Pawnee examples.

An investigation of the phenomenon of the framed formal center in literature of the last 180 years, illuminating both the works and correspondences among works of different genres, periods, and nations.

New essays examining the intellectual allegiances of Coetzee, arguably the most decorated and critically acclaimed writer of fiction in English today and a deeply intellectual and philosophical writer.

Analysis of Whitman's reflection of civil rights legislation in his work, 1865-1876.

A study that must be read by all scholars and students of Joyce.

The first study of one of the most innovative of contemporary novelists, Liz Jensen, and of the "otherworlds" in her fiction.

New essays providing critical views of Coetzee's major works for the scholar and the general reader.