The weaver-god, he weaves : Melville and the poetics of the novel / / Christopher Sten
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| Autore: |
Sten Christopher <1944->
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| Titolo: |
The weaver-god, he weaves : Melville and the poetics of the novel / / Christopher Sten
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| Pubblicazione: | Kent, Ohio, : Kent State University Press, c1996 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (375 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 813/.3 |
| Soggetto topico: | Narration (Rhetoric) - History - 19th century |
| Literary form - History - 19th century | |
| Poetics - History - 19th century | |
| Popular literature - Technique | |
| Fiction - Technique | |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 339-349) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- One: The Flesh Made Word, The Word Made Flesh: Typee as Romance -- Two: "On the Move" in Polynesia: Omoo as Picaresque Novel -- Three: Breaking Away: Mardi as Imaginary Voyage -- Four: "Gentleman Forger": Redburn as Bildungsroman -- Five: Power and Dignity in a Man-of-War World: White-Jacket as Political Novel -- Six: Sounding the Self: Moby-Dick as Epic Novel -- Seven: The Divided Self: Pierre as Psychological Novel -- Eight: Rewriting America's Past: Israel Potteras Historical Novel -- Nine: Dialogue of Crisis: The Confidence-Man as Experimental Novel -- Ten: The Dilemma of Nature and Culture: Billy Buddas Problem Novel -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The weaver-god, he weaves |
| ISBN: | 1-61277-117-3 |
| 0-585-18372-4 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910827255403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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