| Author/Contributor(s): | Dimock, Wai Chee |
| Publisher: | Princeton University Press |
| Date: | 02/21/1991 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| Condition: | NEW |
Wai Chee Dimock approaches Herman Melville not as a timeless genius, but as a historical figure caught in the politics of an imperial nation and an "imperial self." She challenges our customary view by demonstrating a link between the individualism that enabled Melville to write as a sovereign author and the nationalism that allowed America to grow into what Jefferson hoped would be an "empire for liberty."