Melville's Orienda - Hardcover

by Dorothee Metlitsky Finkelstein (Author)

The extent of Melville's interest in the Near East and its profound influence on his work are the main themes of this absorbing study. The scope and nature of his preoccupation with Egypt, Assyria, Persia, Arabia, Turkey, and Palestine are examined in detail and related to the general trend of nineteenth-century Orientalism as reflected on the American literary scene.