Tolerable entertainment
Subtitle: Herman Melville and professionalism in antebellum New York
By: John Evelev.
Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Amherst
Language: eng
Number of pages: 232
Subjects: Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 -- Homes and haunts -- New York (State) -- New York; Authors, American -- Homes and haunts -- New York (State) -- New York.; Authorship -- Social aspects -- New York (State) -- New York.; Professions -- New York (State) -- History -- 19th century.; Novelists, American -- 19th century -- Biography.; New York (N.Y.) -- Intellectual life -- 19th century.; New York (N.Y.) -- Biography.
Genres: Biography.
Description: "In Tolerable Entertainment, Herman Melville's life and literary work serve as windows on the tumultuous world of antebellum New York City. Charting Melville's writings from Typee (1846) to Pierre (1852) as responses to his experience of living in the city, this book reveals the dramatic shifts in American life occurring at the time."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.