Heretical necessity: Herman Melville and the fictions of charity

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Heretical necessity: Herman Melville and the fictions of charity

Heretical Necessity explores the various ways in which an idea of value was established and debated through the literature of mid 19th century America. Above all, it concerns moral value, the language of personal virtue and social ethics; this includes notions of sympathy and self-sacrifice promoted...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Harrison, Colin
Format:	Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:	English
Published:	1997
Subjects:	Herman Melville ethics in literature American literature
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/11314/

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