num_pages: 234
description: This engrossing book by Neal L. Tolchin has a dual purpose: it builds a case for the pivotal role of chronic grief in Victorian America, and it uses this thesis to illuminate Herman Melville's work, showing how unresolved grief for his dead father influenced the writer's art.
language: English
title: Mourning, Gender, and Creativity in the Art of Herman Melville
titlecomplete: Mourning, Gender, and Creativity in the Art of Herman Melville
ratings_count: 2
publisher: Yale University Press