{"product_id":"melvilles-short-fiction-1853-1856-william-b-dillingham-9780820332710","title":"Melville's Short Fiction, 1853-1856","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis study treats comprehensively the sixteen short works of fiction that Herman Melville wrote between 1853 and 1856, most of which were published in \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePutnam's\u003c\/i\u003e magazines. Concentrating on the writer's two basic motivations for writing as he did in these stories, Dillingham argues that Melville created a surface of almost inane congeniality in many of the works, an illusion of vapidity that camouflages a profundity often missed by his readers. He sought to to hide disturbing themes because the magazines for which he was writing would almost certainly have rejected his attempts to be more direct. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDillingham's method is not, however, confined to a reading of the texts. Melville's stories contain so many allusions to the contemporary scene that they constitute in themselves a cultural study. An important contribution of \u003ci\u003eMelville's Short Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e is its discussion of these allusions. Finally, Dillingham examines the relationship between the short fiction and Melville's own life. Much of the writer's frustration and struggle is concealed in these early works. Melville's friendship with Hawthorne, for example, an intense and yet in some ways disappointing relationship for both men, is explored as an important influence on several of the stories.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William B. Dillingham\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0820332712\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780820332710\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Georgia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.13lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.90d","brand":"William B. Dillingham","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47520299811071,"sku":"9780820332710","price":36.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_675985b0-1ae3-42d0-8a44-ab39da5f48c7.jpg?v=1762884759","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/melvilles-short-fiction-1853-1856-william-b-dillingham-9780820332710","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}