Herman Melville and the American calling [[electronic resource] ] : fiction after Moby-Dick, 1851-1857 / / William V. Spanos

• Autore: Spanos William V
• Pubblicazione: Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2008
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (296 p.)
• Disciplina: 813/.3
• Soggetto topico: National characteristics, American, in literature; Imperialism in literature; Politics in literature; Political fiction, American - History and criticism
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-269) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: Argues that Herman Melville's later work anticipates the resurgence of an American exceptionalist ethos underpinning the U.S.-led global "war on terror.".
• Titolo autorizzato: Herman Melville and the American calling
• ISBN: 0-7914-7774-6; 1-4356-6695-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910815409503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II