The present volume analyzes the political project manifested in the narrative poem by Melville ?Clarel: A Poem and Pilgrimage in the Holy Land?. Published in 1876, this work is centered on the necessities, the possibilities and the difficulties of intersubjectivity as a means to transcend the obstacles posed by individualism and traditional communities. Este volumen analiza el proyecto político del poema narrativo de Melville ?Clarel: A Poem and Pilgrimage in the Holy Land?, centrado en la necesidad, las posibilidades y las dificultades de la intersubjetividad para la superación de las barreras del individualismo y de comunidades tradicionales.