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Edwards Mary K. Bercaw |
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Cannibal old me : spoken sources in Melville's early works / / Mary K. Bercaw Edwards |
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Kent, Ohio : , : Kent State University Press, , [2009] |
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©2009 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xxii, 252 p. ) |
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Disciplina |
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Narration (Rhetoric) - History - 19th century |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-233) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction -- "Where the wild things are" : questioning Typee --"Six months at sea! Yes, reader, as I live" : sailor talk -- "They say they don't like sailor's flesh, it's too salt" : cannibal talk -- "Their gestures shame the very brutes" : missionary talk -- "Cannibal old me" : the development of Melville's narrative voice. |
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