02891nam 2200613Ia 450 991081540950332120240417033650.00-7914-7774-61-4356-6695-X(CKB)1000000000539046(OCoLC)257024509(CaPaEBR)ebrary10575897(SSID)ssj0000170491(PQKBManifestationID)11184035(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000170491(PQKBWorkID)10223998(PQKB)10847910(MiAaPQ)EBC3407471(Au-PeEL)EBL3407471(CaPaEBR)ebr10575897(OCoLC)923405557(EXLCZ)99100000000053904620071120d2008 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrHerman Melville and the American calling[electronic resource] fiction after Moby-Dick, 1851-1857 /William V. Spanos1st ed.Albany State University of New York Pressc20081 online resource (296 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-7914-7563-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-269) and index.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.Argues that Herman Melville's later work anticipates the resurgence of an American exceptionalist ethos underpinning the U.S.-led global "war on terror.".National characteristics, American, in literatureImperialism in literaturePolitics in literaturePolitical fiction, AmericanHistory and criticismNational characteristics, American, in literature.Imperialism in literature.Politics in literature.Political fiction, AmericanHistory and criticism.813/.3Spanos William V465317MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910815409503321Herman Melville and the American calling4033868UNINA