{"product_id":"empire-for-liberty-melville-and-the-poetics-of-individualism-9780691015095","title":"Empire for Liberty: Melville and the Poetics of Individualism","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Wai Chee Dimock\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: American - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWai Chee Dimock approaches Herman Melville not as a timeless genius, but as a historical figure caught in the politics of an imperial nation and an \"imperial self.\" She challenges our customary view by demonstrating a link between the individualism that enabled Melville to write as a sovereign author and the nationalism that allowed America to grow into what Jefferson hoped would be an \"empire for liberty.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47615141576855,"sku":"9780691015095","price":6009.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780691015095.webp?v=1775098323","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/empire-for-liberty-melville-and-the-poetics-of-individualism-9780691015095","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}