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Published:
New York : W. W. Norton & Company, [2023].
Format:
Book
Edition:
First edition.
Physical Desc:
240 pages ; 22 cm
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781324065401, 1324065400, 9781324065401

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"Dayswork tells the story of a woman who spends the endless days of the pandemic sorting fact from fiction in the life and work of Herman Melville. Obsessed by what his devotion to his art reveals about cost, worth, and debt, she delves into Melville's impulsive purchase of a Massachusetts farmhouse, his fevered revision of Moby-Dick there, his intense friendship with neighbor Nathaniel Hawthorne, and his troubled and troubling marriage to Elizabeth Shaw. As the narrator's fascination grows and her research deepens, she examines Melville's effect on the imagination and lives of generations of biographers and writers, including Elizabeth Hardwick and Robert Lowell. Ultimately, her quarantine project is a midlife reckoning with her own marriage and ambition."--,Provided by publisher.

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APA Citation (style guide)

Bachelder, C., & Habel, J. (2023). Dayswork: a novel. First edition. W. W. Norton & Company.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Bachelder, Chris and Jennifer Habel. 2023. Dayswork: A Novel. W. W. Norton & Company.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

Bachelder, Chris and Jennifer Habel, Dayswork: A Novel. W. W. Norton & Company, 2023.

MLA Citation (style guide)

Bachelder, Chris and Jennifer Habel. Dayswork: A Novel. First edition. W. W. Norton & Company, 2023.

Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.

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