03032nam 2200685Ia 450 991080705550332120200520144314.00-19-772522-81-280-52639-40-19-536020-61-4294-0762-X(CKB)1000000000414206(EBL)272278(OCoLC)476010013(SSID)ssj0000200972(PQKBManifestationID)11190117(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000200972(PQKBWorkID)10231884(PQKB)11209688(Au-PeEL)EBL272278(CaPaEBR)ebr10278243(CaONFJC)MIL52639(OCoLC)466426687(PPN)230091997(MiAaPQ)EBC272278(EXLCZ)99100000000041420619921209d1993 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMelville and repose[electronic resource] the rhetoric of humor in the American Renaissance /John BryantNew York ;Oxford Oxford University Press19931 online resource (331 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-507782-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Abbreviations for Frequently Cited Sources; 1. A Great Intellect in Repose; Humor and Being; Melville's Aesthetics of Repose; Melville's Rhetoric: Voicing the Voiceless; Melville and the Reader: ""Lord when shall we be done changing?""; I: AMERICA'S COMIC DEBATE; 2. America's Repose; 3. The Example of Irving; 4. Playing Along: America and the Rhetoric of Deceit; 5. E. A. Poe and T. B. Thorpe: Two Models of Deceit; 6. The Genial Misanthrope: Melville and The Cosmopolitan Ideal; II: RHETORIC AND REPOSE; TYPEE; MOBY DICK; THE CONFIDENCE-MAN; Coda: Something Further; Notes; Index; A; BCD; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; YThis study offers a strong argument for the centrality of humour in Melville's novelistic career. Thorough research and scholarly readings of the oeuvre combine to make this text of benefit to the libraries of Melville scholars and enthusiasts.American literature19th centuryHistory and criticismHumorous stories, AmericanHistory and criticismRhetoricUnited StatesHistory19th centuryComic, The, in literatureNarration (Rhetoric)American literatureHistory and criticism.Humorous stories, AmericanHistory and criticism.RhetoricHistoryComic, The, in literature.Narration (Rhetoric)813/.3Bryant John1949-1638522MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910807055503321Melville and repose4044699UNINA