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200 10$aMelville and repose$b[electronic resource] $ethe rhetoric of humor in the American Renaissance /$fJohn Bryant
210   $aNew York ;$aOxford $cOxford University Press$d1993
215   $a1 online resource (331 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a0-19-507782-2 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aContents; 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; B
327   $aCD; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y
330   $aThis 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.
606   $aAmerican literature$y19th century$xHistory and criticism
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606   $aComic, The, in literature
606   $aNarration (Rhetoric)
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