Towards "Bartleby the scrivener" / Milton R. Stern -- Melville's problematic "being" / Sanford E. Marovitz -- Reenvisioning America : Melville's "Benito cereno" / Sandra A. Zagarell -- Allegory and breakdown in The confidence-man: Melville's comedy...
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Towards "Bartleby the scrivener" / Milton R. Stern -- Melville's problematic "being" / Sanford E. Marovitz -- Reenvisioning America : Melville's "Benito cereno" / Sandra A. Zagarell -- Allegory and breakdown in The confidence-man: Melville's comedy of doubt / John Bryant -- "The author at the time" : Tommo and Melville's self-discovery in Typee / Bryan C. Short -- Melville and the woman's story / Nancy Fredericks -- "To tell over again the story just told" : the composition of Melville's Redburn / Stephen Mathewson -- Israel Potter : Melville's "citizen of the universe" / Bill Christophersen -- Disquieting encounters : male intrusions/female realms in Melville / Judith Hiltner -- Narrative self-fashioning and the play of possibility / John Wenke -- Whose book is Moby-Dick? / Merton M. Sealts, Jr. -- Naples and HMS Bellipotent : Melville on the police state / Stanton Garner -- Naturalist psychology in Billy Budd / Thomas Hove -- We are family : Melville's Pierre / Cindy Weinstein -- Discipline and the lash in Melville's White-jacket / Peter Bellis
Suggests that Melville's rejection of biblical theology finds powerful expression throughout all of his later fictional prose and his verse. This title gathers together some of the criticism on the works of Melville, including "Moby-Dick", "Typee",...
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Suggests that Melville's rejection of biblical theology finds powerful expression throughout all of his later fictional prose and his verse. This title gathers together some of the criticism on the works of Melville, including "Moby-Dick", "Typee", "Omoo", "The Piazza Tales", and "Benito Cereno"
Contents; Editor's Note; Introduction; Towards "Bartleby the Scrivener"; Melville's Problematic "Being"; Reenvisioning America: Melville's "Benito Cereno"; Allegory and Breakdown in The Confidence-Man: Melville's Comedy of Doubt; "The Author at the Time": Tommo and Melville's Self-Discovery in Typee; Melville and the Woman's Story; "To Tell Over Again the Story Just Told": The Composition of Melville's Redburn; Israel Potter: Melville's "Citizen of the Universe"; Disquieting Encounters: Male Intrusions/Female Realms in Melville; Narrative Self-Fashioning and the Play of Possibility
Whose Book Is Moby-Dick?Naples and HMS Bellipotent: Melville on the Police State; Naturalist Psychology in Billy Budd; We Are Family: Melville's Pierre; Discipline and the Lash in Melville's White-Jacket; Chronology; Contributors; Bibliography; Acknowledgments; Index;
