The Divine Magnet: Herman Melville's Letters to Nathaniel Hawthorne

Mark Niemeyer is professor of American literature and American history at the Université de Bourgogne in Dijon, France. His research focuses on nineteenth-century writings of the antebellum period and is frequently concerned with questions related to cultural nationalism and national identity. He has published numerous articles and is co-editor of several editions of works by Herman Melville, including the French "Folio Classique" edition of Mardi (2011), the Norton Critical edition of The Confidence-Man (2005), and the French "Pléiade" editions of Mardi (1997) and Moby-Dick (2006). He has also served as a contributing scholar on the Northwestern-Newberry editions of Moby-Dick (1988) and Clarel (1991). He is co-editor of Literature on the Move: Comparing Diasporic Ethnicities in Europe and the Americas (2002) and co-author of an American and British history textbook for French students, Repères de civilisation: Grande-Bretagne, Etats-Unis (2003). Niemeyer has also published illustrated works of general interest including Water: The Essence of Life (2008) and Wonders of the World: World of Man (2010).