This volume of PQ has the article by Walter Sutton, "Melvillle's 'Pleasure Party' and the Art of Concealment" in the July 1951 issue at pages 316-327. Discusses classical influences including (besides Plato and Aristophanes) the verse letter of "Sappho to Phaon" by Ovid in the…
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CORRECTION
Walter Sutton wrote the article titled "Melville's 'Pleasure Party' and the Art of Concealment" in Philological Quarterly Volume 30 Issue 3 (July 1951) pages 316-327.
https://archive.org/details/sim_philological-quarterly_1951-07_30_3/page/316/mode/2up
WALTER not William.
