02174nam 2200577 450 991046337370332120200520144314.00-8018-9934-6(CKB)3240000000064645(SSID)ssj0000606349(PQKBManifestationID)11354692(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000606349(PQKBWorkID)10582297(PQKB)10518508(MiAaPQ)EBC4398340(OCoLC)794700414(MdBmJHUP)muse1439(Au-PeEL)EBL4398340(CaPaEBR)ebr11161057(EXLCZ)99324000000006464520100512d2011 uy| 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrThe exceptionalist state and the state of exception Herman Melville's Billy Budd, sailor /William V. SpanosBaltimore :Johns Hopkins University Press,2011.1 online resource (229 pages)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8018-9849-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.The late Melville and his historical occasion: prolegomenon to a re-reading of Billy Budd, sailor -- The criticism of Billy Budd, sailor: a counter-history -- Billy Budd: a symptomatic reading -- American exceptionalism and the state of exception after 9/11/01: Melville's proleptic witness.Imperialism in literatureNational characteristics, American, in literatureExceptionalismUnited StatesLiterature and historyUnited StatesHistory19th centuryElectronic books.Imperialism in literature.National characteristics, American, in literature.ExceptionalismLiterature and historyHistory813/.3Spanos William V.465317MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910463373703321The exceptionalist state and the state of exception2474297UNINA