SOURCE: Gilman, William H. “Art and Autobiography.” In Melville's Early Life andRedburn, pp. 176-205. New York: New York University Press, 1951.
In the following excerpt, Gilman examines the parallels between Melville's early years and that of his fictional character, Wellingborough Redburn.
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