A collection of twelve essays that focus on a number of provocative personal, professional, and literary ambiguities existing between Herman Melville and Nathaniel Hawthorne. It also covers topics such as professional competitiveness; Melville's search for a father figure; and, masculine ambivalence in the marketplace.

Jana L. Argersinger (Editor)
JANA L. ARGERSINGER is a coeditor of ESQ: A Journal of the American Renaissance and Poe Studies/Dark Romanticism and serves as president of the Council of Editors of Learned Journals.

Leland S. Person (Editor)
LELAND S. PERSON is a professor of English at the University of Cincinnati. His books include The Cambridge Introduction to Nathaniel Hawthorne.