Christopher Sten: 2 books
The Weaver-God, He Weaves
Melville and the Poetics of the Novel
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2013
Melville has long been regarded as an author of raw genius who knew, or cared, little about the art of the novel, and even harbored hostility toward its conventions. In The Weaver-God, He Weaves, Christopher Sten sets out to correct this widespread view, showing not only what Melville knew about the...
Sounding the Whale
Moby-Dick as Epic Novel
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2011
Sounding the Whale is Christopher Sten’s comprehensive account of his own close encounter with Moby-Dick. Originally a long, self-contained chapter in The Weaver-God, He Weaves: Melville and the Poetics of the Novel, just published by Kent State University Press, this chapter-by-chapter study of...