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Autore |
Spanos William V |
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Titolo |
Herman Melville and the American calling [[electronic resource] ] : fiction after Moby-Dick, 1851-1857 / / William V. Spanos |
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Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2008 |
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ISBN |
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0-7914-7774-6 |
1-4356-6695-X |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (296 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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National characteristics, American, in literature |
Imperialism in literature |
Politics in literature |
Political fiction, American - History and criticism |
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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 (p. 229-269) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Intro -- Herman Melville and the American Calling -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Melville's Specter: An Introduction -- 2. Pierre's Extraordinary Emergency :Melville and the "Voice of Silence" -- 3.Herman Melville's Israel Potter Reflections on a Damaged Life -- 4. "Benito Cereno" and"Bartleby, the Scrivener "efl ections on the American Calling -- "Benito Cereno": The "Vision" of American Exceptionalism -- "Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Wall-Street Story":Melville's Politics of Refusal -- 5. Cavilers and Con Men: The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade -- 6.American Confidence in the Age of Globalization: Melville's Witness -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Argues that Herman Melville's later work anticipates the resurgence of an American exceptionalist ethos underpinning the U.S.-led global "war on terror.". |
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