I always thought of Bret Harte as a pulpster in disguise.
And, against received opinion, I think that the Melville
masterpieces are his short works Benito Cereno, Bartleby and
Billy Budd. Bartleby, in particular, points to much modern
and postmodern literature.
Best,
mrt
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