"An Endless Sermon": Religious Motifs in "Melville's" Letters to Hawthorne

Herman Melville's letters to Nathaniel Hawthorne during their joint residence in the Berkshires in 1850-51 have regularly drawn the dose scrutiny of scholars interested in the literary, psychological, and cultural dynamics of this historic friendship, but they have seldom examined the religious...

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Main Author: Cook, Jon 1953- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Notre Dame 2019
In: Religion & literature
Year: 2019, Volume: 51, Issue: 2, Pages: 1-22
RelBib Classification:CD Christianity and Culture
KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history
Further subjects:B Religious Studies
B Literary Criticism
B Biblical Theology
B Christianity
B Cultural History

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