{"product_id":"an-artist-in-the-rigging-the-early-work-of-herman-melville-paperback","title":"An Artist in the Rigging: The Early Work of Herman Melville - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWilliam B. Dillingham\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAn Artist in the Rigging\u003c\/i\u003e is a study of Herman Melville's early novels--\u003ci\u003eTypee\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOmoo\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMardi\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRedburn\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWhite-Jacket\u003c\/i\u003e. The author considers these fictions from the standpoint of thematic relationship rather than of chronological development. He shows that while the five hero-narrators are separate and distinct entities, they have much in common and can be seen as representing different facets of an emergent composite hero-from the sensitive and restless young man who leaves home to search hungrily for experience, to the wanderer immersed in a deep probing of himself and his world. The hero's thirst for psychological independence--what comes to be his overriding ambition--is never satisfied, and destruction becomes inevitable, culminating in a paradoxical \"apotheosis\" in which the narrator-hero achieves this independence, but only at the expense of his humanity. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDillingham persuasively demonstrates the interrelated qualities of these five novels, and in so doing he shows that the young Melville was a far greater literary artist than he gave himself credit for being. This fiction constitutes a powerful achievement in richness of texture, range of effect, and depth of characterization, as \u003ci\u003eAn Artist in the Rigging\u003c\/i\u003e makes clear.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWILLIAM B. DILLINGHAM is Charles Howard Candler Professor of American Literature at Emory University. His books include \u003ci\u003eAn Artist in the Rigging: The Early Work of Herman Melville\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMelville's Short Fiction, 1853-1856\u003c\/i\u003e (both Georgia).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 172\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.41 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 01, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42130376196231,"sku":"9780820332604","price":42.05,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/c5c07ede3badb9cb8038e3b00ba280b2.webp?v=1732610280","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/an-artist-in-the-rigging-the-early-work-of-herman-melville-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}