{"product_id":"clarel-herman-melville-9780810125407","title":"Clarel: A Poem and Pilgrimage in the Holy Land","description":"\u003cp\u003eMelville's long poem \u003ci\u003eClarel: A Poem and Pilgrimage in the Holy Land\u003c\/i\u003e (1876) was the last full-length book he published. Until the mid-twentieth century even the most partisan of Melville's advocates hesitated to endure a four-part poem of 150 cantos and almost 18,000 lines about a naive American named Clarel, on pilgrimage through the Palestinian ruins with a provocative cluster of companions. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But modern critics have found \u003ci\u003eClarel\u003c\/i\u003e a much better poem than was ever realized. Robert Penn Warren called it a precursor of \u003ci\u003eThe Waste Land. \u003c\/i\u003eIt 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. \u003ci\u003eClarel \u003c\/i\u003eis 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Herman Melville\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0810125404\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780810125407\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Northwestern University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 499\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.32lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.40w x 1.10d","brand":"Herman Melville","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43947266375935,"sku":"9780810125407","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_70f4b799-2dcb-46b3-9281-491483855bda.jpg?v=1681517699","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/clarel-herman-melville-9780810125407","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}