LEADER 02891nam 2200613Ia 450 001 9910815409503321 005 20240417033650.0 010 $a0-7914-7774-6 010 $a1-4356-6695-X 035 $a(CKB)1000000000539046 035 $a(OCoLC)257024509 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10575897 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000170491 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11184035 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000170491 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10223998 035 $a(PQKB)10847910 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3407471 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3407471 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10575897 035 $a(OCoLC)923405557 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000539046 100 $a20071120d2008 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aHerman Melville and the American calling$b[electronic resource] $efiction after Moby-Dick, 1851-1857 /$fWilliam V. Spanos 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAlbany $cState University of New York Press$dc2008 215 $a1 online resource (296 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-7914-7563-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 229-269) and index. 327 $aIntro -- 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. 330 $aArgues that Herman Melville's later work anticipates the resurgence of an American exceptionalist ethos underpinning the U.S.-led global "war on terror.". 606 $aNational characteristics, American, in literature 606 $aImperialism in literature 606 $aPolitics in literature 606 $aPolitical fiction, American$xHistory and criticism 615 0$aNational characteristics, American, in literature. 615 0$aImperialism in literature. 615 0$aPolitics in literature. 615 0$aPolitical fiction, American$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a813/.3 700 $aSpanos$b William V$0465317 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910815409503321 996 $aHerman Melville and the American calling$94033868 997 $aUNINA