Melville's Classical Allusions: A Comprehensive Index and Glossary

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"Modern readers of Melville ... are unlikely to know either the extent of classical allusions or the author's intention in using them in his writing. Coffler's volume assists in answering these as well as other related questions. Five indexes and a substantial glossary make up the bulk of the volume. ... It is through the glossary that the reader gains insight into how Melville may have been informed by the classics. Thus the glossary not only identifies allusions but aids the reader in explicating specific passages in Melville's work. [Coffler's volume] is intendedprimarily for libraries serving scholars and specialists in literature and classical studies."-Choice
Modern readers of Melville ... are unlikely to know either the extent of classical allusions or the author's intention in using them in his writing. Coffler's volume assists in answering these as well as other related questions. Five indexes and a substantial glossary make up the bulk of the volume. ... It is through the glossary that the reader gains insight into how Melville may have been informed by the classics. Thus the glossary not only identifies allusions but aids the reader in explicating specific passages in Melville's work. [Coffler's volume] is intendedprimarily for libraries serving scholars and specialists in literature and classical studies.-Choice
Professor Coffler's valuable index to Melville's classical allusions will be an important tool for continuing research on Melville. As she points out, the extent of Melville's use of the classics has only just begun to be recognized.' Her exhaustive index will further that recognition. The major part of Professor Coffler's work is a comprehensive index, in alphabetical order, of all of the classical allusions in Melville's fiction and poetry.' There is, in addition, an index arranged for each separate work of Melville's. The researcher can therefore examine a particular allusion throughout Melville's works, or trace a pattern of allusions in a single work. Of enormous value is Professor Coffler's inclusion of an extensive glossary of classical terms, based on the classical scholarship which was available to Melville. Every university with a graduate program in English, or an extensive collection of Melville's works, will want to have this work in the library.-Professor Dr. Dieter Schulz, Department of American Literature, Heidelberg University
"Professor Coffler's valuable index to Melville's classical allusions will be an important tool for continuing research on Melville. As she points out, the extent of Melville's use of the classics has only just begun to be recognized.' Her exhaustive index will further that recognition. The major part of Professor Coffler's work is a comprehensive index, in alphabetical order, of all of the classical allusions in Melville's fiction and poetry.' There is, in addition, an index arranged for each separate work of Melville's. The researcher can therefore examine a particular allusion throughout Melville's works, or trace a pattern of allusions in a single work. Of enormous value is Professor Coffler's inclusion of an extensive glossary of classical terms, based on the classical scholarship which was available to Melville. Every university with a graduate program in English, or an extensive collection of Melville's works, will want to have this work in the library."-Professor Dr. Dieter Schulz, Department of American Literature, Heidelberg University

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GAIL H. COFFLER is Professor of English at Suffolk University in Boston. She is also the author of Melville's Classical Allusions: A Comprehensive Index and Glossary (Greenwood Press, 1985).