Douglass & Melville

Douglass & Melville: Anchored Together in Neighborly Style by Robert K. Wallace   Douglass and Melville: Anchored Together in Neighborly Style compares the lives of Frederick Douglass and Herman Melville and shows how these two powerful nineteenth-century figures shared views on important American issues such as race, identity and nationhood. It explores their impact on American culture and the possibility that they were aware of each other’s work. Today, Douglass and Melville have resurfaced as important figures in our cultural legacy. Frederick Douglass has become a necessary figure in our understanding of African-American history and literature. His speeches, essays, and autobiographies are increasingly regaining the kind of wide circulation they enjoyed in his lifetime. Melville’s status has continued to expand during the last four decades as a variety of his texts are now being appreciated for their multicultural insights. Melville is now valued for addressing many of the same