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- catalog abstract "The Malcolm Letter was written by Melville in 1849 on the birth of his son. This letter is one of thirty-six to be retrieved since the publication of The Letters of Herman Melville (1960) and has earned a place in the New York Public Library's Gansevoort-Lansing Collection. Addressed to Melville's brother, the letter entices critics to read it on several levels. It reveals Melville's serious consideration of his own father's influence on his upbringing as he anticipates undertaking the role of father himself. It is not a literary work, but a deeply personal outpouring distinguished by dark underpinnings barely hidden by his light-hearted tone. In a bit of dramatic irony, Melville reflects on the responsibility looming ahead of him as the reader notes the tragedy that Melville cannot possibly foresee - his son Malcolm's suicide eighteen years later. Cohen's and Yannella's careful study relives for the reader this and other events which shaped the clannish Melville family history. They also show how the author's struggle with these pressures are manifested in his writing. This volume is published in cooperation with the New York Public Library.".
- catalog contributor b3364083.
- catalog contributor b3364084.
- catalog created "1992.".
- catalog date "1992".
- catalog date "1992.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1992.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-243) and index.".
- catalog description "The Malcolm Letter was written by Melville in 1849 on the birth of his son. This letter is one of thirty-six to be retrieved since the publication of The Letters of Herman Melville (1960) and has earned a place in the New York Public Library's Gansevoort-Lansing Collection. Addressed to Melville's brother, the letter entices critics to read it on several levels. It reveals Melville's serious consideration of his own father's influence on his upbringing as he anticipates undertaking the role of father himself. It is not a literary work, but a deeply personal outpouring distinguished by dark underpinnings barely hidden by his light-hearted tone. In a bit of dramatic irony, Melville reflects on the responsibility looming ahead of him as the reader notes the tragedy that Melville cannot possibly foresee - his son Malcolm's suicide eighteen years later. Cohen's and Yannella's careful study relives for the reader this and other events which shaped the clannish Melville family history. They also show how the author's struggle with these pressures are manifested in his writing. This volume is published in cooperation with the New York Public Library.".
- catalog extent "xii, 258 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0823211843".
- catalog issued "1992".
- catalog issued "1992.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Fordham University Press : New York Public Library,".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "813/.3 B 20".
- catalog subject "Fathers and sons United States Biography.".
- catalog subject "Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 Biography Family.".
- catalog subject "Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 Correspondence.".
- catalog subject "Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 Family.".
- catalog subject "Novelists, American 19th century Biography Family.".
- catalog subject "Novelists, American 19th century Correspondence.".
- catalog subject "Novelists, American 19th century Family relationships.".
- catalog subject "PS2386 .C64 1991".
- catalog title "Herman Melville's Malcolm letter : "man's final lore" / by Hennig Cohen and Donald Yannella.".
- catalog type "Records and correspondence. fast".
- catalog type "text".