02401nam 2200613 a 450 991078015270332120230607213726.01-280-47666-497866104766641-84150-829-2(CKB)111056486992596(EBL)283040(OCoLC)476029223(SSID)ssj0000388148(PQKBManifestationID)11938143(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000388148(PQKBWorkID)10411973(PQKB)10239038(SSID)ssj0000081812(PQKBManifestationID)11983558(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000081812(PQKBWorkID)10114292(PQKB)10990938(MiAaPQ)EBC283040(Au-PeEL)EBL283040(CaPaEBR)ebr10015831(CaONFJC)MIL47666(OCoLC)51103352(EXLCZ)9911105648699259620021221d2002 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe composition of Herman Melville[electronic resource] /Rick MitchellPortland, OR Intellect Books20021 online resource (105 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-84150-067-4 ACT II; Preliminaries; Author Information & Dedication; Acknowledgements; Explanatory Notes; ACT IThis play, which contains biographical information relating to Herman Melville, is fundamentally an exploration of the ways in which these two things take place. The play admits the truth of Walter Benjamin's view of history as ''time filled by the presence of the now''. Parallels between past and present (e.g., racism, domestic abuse, and the plight of the visionary American artist) are clearly implied, but the play also utilizes new technologies, in particular video, in order to represent the kind of dialectical history and representation promoted by Benjamin. During Melville's lifetime, andAmerican dramaAmerican drama.812.54812/.6Mitchell Rick1495356MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910780152703321The composition of Herman Melville3781708UNINA