Title: Melville's science : "Devilish tantalization of the gods!" /
Authors: Smith, Richard Dean, 1931-
Publisher: Garland Pub.,
Year: 1993
Subjects: Melville, Herman, Knowledge Science.; Literature and science United States History; Science in literature.
Contents: Preface: Nature: the Art of God -- Introduction : fides quaerens intellectum -- Ch. 1. Typee and Omoo: Belzoni's Egyptian catacombs -- Ch. 2. Mardi: a fire in the brine -- Ch. 3. Redburn and White-Jacket: a Scientific professor -- Ch. 4. Moby-Dick: gospel cetology -- Ch. 5. Pierre: nature's cunning alphabet -- Ch. 6. Short Stories: man, the true God -- Ch. 7. The Confidence-Man: by chance or design -- Ch. 8. The Poetry and Clarel: the years about 1859 -- Ch. 9. Billy Budd: according to Nature -- Ch. 10. Melville and Science: this strange mixed affair.