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MAGNI FICENT D E C AY Melville & Ecology Tom Nurmi Magnificent Decay Under the Sign of Nature: Explorations in Ecocriticism Serenella Iovino, Anthony Lioi, and Kate Rigby, Editors Michael P. Branch, SueEllen Campbell, and John Tallmadge, Senior Advisory Editors Magnificent Decay MELVILLE AND ECOLOGY Tom Nurmi UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA PRESS CHARLOTTESVILLE AND LONDON University of Virginia Press © 2020 by the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America on acid- free paper First published 2020 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data Names: Nurmi, Tom, author. Title: Magnificent decay : Melville and ecology / Tom Nurmi. Description: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2020. | Series: Under the sign of nature : explorations in ecocriticism | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2020010301 (print) | LCCN 2020010302 (ebook) | ISBN 9780813945019 (hardcover ; acid- free paper) | ISBN 9780813945026 (paperback ; acid- free paper) | ISBN 9780813945033 (epub) Subjects: LCSH: Melville, Herman, 1819–1891—Criticism and interpretation. | Nature in literature. | Human ecology in literature. | Ecocriticism. Classification: LCC PS2388.N3 N87 2020 (print) | LCC PS2388.N3 (ebook) | DDC 813/.3—dc23 LC record available at https:// lccn .loc .gov /2020010301 LC ebook record available at https:// lccn .loc .gov /2020010302 Cover art: Storm in the Mountains, Frederic Edwin Church, 1847. Oil on canvas. (Cleveland Museum of Art) For Carm . . . how thrive the ferns About the ruined house of prayer. —Herman Melville, Clarel: A Poem and Pilgrimage in the Holy Land (1866) Contents Preface xi Introduction 1 1. Pearl: Mardi 47 2. Tendril: Pierre 84 3. Honeycomb: The Piazza Tales 145 4. Pebble: John Marr 199 Conclusion 225 Acknowledgments 231 Notes 233 Index 269
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