Background
Reeves, John Drummond was born on December 8, 1914 in Troy, New York, United States. Son of Robert Brockway and Emma Caroline (Mausert) Reeves.
(Windows on Melville is a fascinating critical study of fo...)
Windows on Melville is a fascinating critical study of four famous novels by Herman Melville, bringing to contemporary readers new perspectives on these classic works. Through incisive analysis of Melville's lush prose, John Reeves traces Melville's development as a writer: from an examination of the exuberant, innovative style of the early autobiographical tales, Typee and Omoo; through a complex interpretation of Moby Dick that focuses on the exploration of Spinoza's philosophical theories; to a discussion of the narrative skill that reached its culmination in his last masterpiece Billy Budd. A valuable contribution to the study of 19th-century American literature, this cogent, concisely written text brings refreshing clarity to the understanding of Melville's creation of new fictional genres of artistic expression.
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English language professional writer
Reeves, John Drummond was born on December 8, 1914 in Troy, New York, United States. Son of Robert Brockway and Emma Caroline (Mausert) Reeves.
AB, Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, 1937; AM, Columbia University, 1941.
Instructor in England, Irving School, Tarrytown, New York, 1937-1940; instructor in England, Horace Mann School, New York City, 1940-1941, 46-47; assistant professor of classics and England, Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington, 1956-1962; associate Professor of English, Millikin U., Decatur, Illinois, 1962-1965; lecturer in England, Hofstra U., Hempstead, New York, 1965-1973; retired, Hofstra U., Hempstead, New York, 1973.
(Windows on Melville is a fascinating critical study of fo...)
Lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1941-1945, PTO. Member American Association of University Professors, College England Association, American Council Learned Society (regional associate 1957-1959), Walla Walla Archaeol. Association (president 1959-1962), Sons of the Revolution (Connecticut state chapter), Masons.
Married Mary Markwick Moore, September 1, 1951.