Tinkering, Extravagance: Thoreau, Melville, and Annie Dillard

Tinkering, Extravagance: Thoreau, Melville, and Annie Dillard

Annie Dillard's work amply feeds upon classical texts, of which Thoreau's "Walden" and Melville's "The Encantadas" loom large. Dillard's usage of Thoreau and Melville in "Pilgrim at Tinker Creek" and "Life on the Rocks" is discussed.

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Veröffentlicht in:Critique - Bolingbroke Society 1990-04, Vol.31 (3), p.157-172
1. Verfasser: Chenetier, Marc
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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American literature
Classical literature
Dillard, Annie
Gulf languages
Literary criticism
Melville, Herman (1819-1891)
Narrative techniques
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Thoreau, Henry David (1817-1862)
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Zusammenfassung:Annie Dillard's work amply feeds upon classical texts, of which Thoreau's "Walden" and Melville's "The Encantadas" loom large. Dillard's usage of Thoreau and Melville in "Pilgrim at Tinker Creek" and "Life on the Rocks" is discussed.
ISSN:0011-1619
1939-9138
DOI:10.1080/00111619.1990.9934691