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Silver pays attention to recurrent motifs—water in Melville and fire in Hawthorne—pondering these natural symbols in the light of current environmental challenges. Rather than prioritize the Cold War as the reason behind the anti-authoritarian shift away from Ahab-centric readings, Mariani suggests...

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Published inEuropean journal of American studies Vol. 18; no. 3
Main Authors Fruzińska, Justyna, Majer, Krzysztof
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London The European Association for American Studies (EAAS) 01.01.2023
Subjects
American literature
Canadian literature
Hawthorne, Nathaniel (1804-1864)
Marginalia
Melville, Herman (1819-1891)
Novels
Popular culture
Travel literature
Poland
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Summary:Silver pays attention to recurrent motifs—water in Melville and fire in Hawthorne—pondering these natural symbols in the light of current environmental challenges. Rather than prioritize the Cold War as the reason behind the anti-authoritarian shift away from Ahab-centric readings, Mariani suggests that the obsession with Ishmael—whether positive or negative—may in fact block interpretation. Casting Howe in the role of a poet-excavator, Tardi considers “Melville’s Marginalia” from her 1993 volume The Nonconformist’s Memorial as consistent with her sustained efforts to establish links between literary ancestors and posterity.
ISSN:1991-9336
DOI:10.4000/ejas.20540