Book manuscripts, 1978-1989.

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Book manuscripts, 1978-1989.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26914924

The M. Thomas Inge Papers consists of the corrected manuscripts of five works of which Inge was the editor: HANDBOOK OF AMERICAN POPULAR CULTURE (3 vols., 1978-1981), BARTLEBY THE INSCRUTABLE (1979), CONCISE HISTORIES OF AMERICAN POPULAR CULTURE (1981), HANDBOOK OF AMERICAN POPULAR CULTURE, 2ND ED. (3 vols., 1989). The Inge papers demonstrate not only the development of M. Thomas Inge's scholarly and editorial acumen, but also the growth of the study of American popular literature and culture. Important scholars and critics represented in the Inge papers include Lewis Leary, Lewis Mumford, Egbert S. Oliver, Alfred Kazin, Richard Chase, Leo Marx, Hershel Parker, Richard Etulain, Nancy Pogel, and Janice Radway. An important author represented is Herman Melville.

5 items (4.6 linear feet)

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Inge, M. Thomas.

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Professor of English at Randolph-Macon College, M. Thomas Inge is the author and editor of several works on American literature and popular culture. From the description of Book manuscripts, 1978-1989. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 26914924 ...

Melville, Herman, 1819-1891

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Herman Melville (b. Aug. 1, 1819, NY, NY–d. Sept. 28, 1891, NY, NY) was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet of the American Renaissance period. His best known works include Typee (1846) and his whaling novel Moby-Dick (1851). His writing draws on his experience at sea as a common sailor, exploration of literature and philosophy, and engagement in the contradictions of American society in a period of rapid change. He developed a complex, baroque style; the vocabulary is rich and or...