LEADER 02401nam 2200613 a 450 001 9910780152703321 005 20230607213726.0 010 $a1-280-47666-4 010 $a9786610476664 010 $a1-84150-829-2 035 $a(CKB)111056486992596 035 $a(EBL)283040 035 $a(OCoLC)476029223 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000388148 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11938143 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000388148 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10411973 035 $a(PQKB)10239038 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000081812 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11983558 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000081812 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10114292 035 $a(PQKB)10990938 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC283040 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL283040 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10015831 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL47666 035 $a(OCoLC)51103352 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111056486992596 100 $a20021221d2002 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe composition of Herman Melville$b[electronic resource] /$fRick Mitchell 210 $aPortland, OR $cIntellect Books$d2002 215 $a1 online resource (105 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-84150-067-4 327 $aACT II; Preliminaries; Author Information & Dedication; Acknowledgements; Explanatory Notes; ACT I 330 $aThis 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, and 606 $aAmerican drama 615 0$aAmerican drama. 676 $a812.54 676 $a812/.6 700 $aMitchell$b Rick$01495356 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910780152703321 996 $aThe composition of Herman Melville$93781708 997 $aUNINA