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Peddlers of the Rod: Melville's “The Lightning-Rod Man” and the Antebellum Periodical Market.
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- Author(s): Matthews, Joshua1
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Leviathan. Oct2010, Vol. 12 Issue 3, p55-70. 16p. 1 Black and White Photograph.
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A literary criticism of the short story "The Lightning-Rod Man" by Herman Melville is presented. The discussion focuses on the periodical publishing market and sales pitch in 19th century antebellum America, the reading of Melville's work as a religious allegory, and American discourse on lightning rods in the 18th- and 19th centuries. An overview of the story is presented in the discussion.
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