The vortex of creation: Literary politics and the demise of Herman Melville's reputation

Poetics

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 81-98

  Barker Nunn, Jeanne ^a   Fine, Gary Alan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0001981698     PISSN: 0304422X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-422X(98)00013-8     Document Type: Article

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