The Game Of Creation The Primeval Unlettered Language Of Moby Dick Or The Whale

The Game of Creation. The Primeval Unlettered Language of Moby-Dick Or, the Whale.

The Esoteric Origins of the American Renaissance

The term "Western esotericism" refers to a wide range of spiritual currents including alchemy, Hermeticism, Kabbala, Rosicrucianism, and Christian theosophy, as well as several practical forms of esotericism like cartomancy, geomancy, necromancy, alchemy, astrology, herbalism, and magic. The early presence of esotericism in North America has not been much studied, and even less so the indebtedness to esotericism of some major American literary figures. In this book, Arthur Versluis breaks new ground, showing that many writers of the so-called American Renaissance drew extensively on and were inspired by Western esoteric currents.

A Historical Guide to Herman Melville

Essays on Melville's life & writing here make the case for his centrality both to 19th century writing in America & also to America's understanding of itself.