Style, March 22nd, 2001
Absent among the major studies of Melville's short fiction is discussion of his style at it relates to his larger rhetorical choices during the writing of his serialized fiction, 1853-56. If style as a rhetorical choice is central to Mardi, Moby-Dick, and Pierre, then it is worth examining during Melville's tenure as a serial writer between 1853 and 1856. As arguably the most stylistically embellished tale in the Melville ouevre, "The Piazza Tale" is exemplary for analysis. By analyzing the stylistic techniques in this tale, we may better appreciate how the syntactical components in Melville's...
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