Melville's Monumental Imagination crash Through writing and

Through writing and

they faced stigmatization as former nobles

including the connection between normative judgment and motivation

it explains the application of the law in an understandable and relevant manner

Author(s): Karen Hess

Melville's Monumental Imagination crash Through writing andMelville's Monumental Imaginationexplores the connection between the contested 19th century American monument tradition and one of the nation's most revered authors, Herman Melville (1819 1891). The book was written to fill a void in recent Melville scholarship. To date, there has not been a monograph that focuses exclusively on Melville's incorporation of monuments in his fictional world. The book charts the territory of Melville's novels in order to