{"title":"\"Woe, we depart!\": Clarel and Josephus","authors":"Daniel Olson","doi":"10.1353/lvn.2022.0034","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:A clear allusion to Josephus's The Jewish War appears in Clarel 1.33 but has escaped all notice till now. The discovery serves to remind us of the popularity of the works of Josephus in Melville's day and sheds light on the character of Rolfe in the poem.","PeriodicalId":36222,"journal":{"name":"Leviathan (Germany)","volume":"37 1","pages":"92 - 97"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2022-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Leviathan (Germany)","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1353/lvn.2022.0034","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"Arts and Humanities","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract:A clear allusion to Josephus's The Jewish War appears in Clarel 1.33 but has escaped all notice till now. The discovery serves to remind us of the popularity of the works of Josephus in Melville's day and sheds light on the character of Rolfe in the poem.