Subversive Genealogy: The Politics and Art of Herman MelvilleKnopf, 1983 - 354 páginas Examines Herman Melville's use of the history of his family in the writing of his novels and analyzes the political views contained in his fiction. |
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... Ahab back to the original human helplessness against which com- modity creation defended . When Moby Dick shears off Ahab's leg , it re- opens the wounds of nature's antagonism . Ahab is , his wound forces him to see , vulnerable to ...
... Ahab back to the original human helplessness against which com- modity creation defended . When Moby Dick shears off Ahab's leg , it re- opens the wounds of nature's antagonism . Ahab is , his wound forces him to see , vulnerable to ...
Página 116
... Ahab sees only himself in the doubloon , and imposes that self on the crew . Pip's ego is disintegrated ; Ahab's is fetishized . Pip- " tied to me by cords woven of my heart - strings " ( 394 ) —is Ahab's mirror self . Unlike Ish- mael , ...
... Ahab sees only himself in the doubloon , and imposes that self on the crew . Pip's ego is disintegrated ; Ahab's is fetishized . Pip- " tied to me by cords woven of my heart - strings " ( 394 ) —is Ahab's mirror self . Unlike Ish- mael , ...
Página 117
... Ahab's growing frenzy . On the other hand , as Ahab acquires for himself the ferocity distrib- uted throughout nature , the natural world grows more benign . By making the white whale its target , Ahab's malevolence unifies the text ...
... Ahab's growing frenzy . On the other hand , as Ahab acquires for himself the ferocity distrib- uted throughout nature , the natural world grows more benign . By making the white whale its target , Ahab's malevolence unifies the text ...
Contenido
The Red Rover | 3 |
POLITICS | 13 |
and Christians | 42 |
Derechos de autor | |
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Subversive Genealogy: The Politics and Art of Herman Melville Michael Rogin Vista previa limitada - 1985 |
Subversive Genealogy: The Politics and Art of Herman Melville Michael Rogin Vista previa limitada - 1985 |
Términos y frases comunes
Ahab Ahab's Albany Allan Melvill American antebellum authority Bartleby Battle-Pieces Benito Cereno Billy Budd Billy's Boston brother buttons called captain Cass Civil confidence Confidence-Man costume crew Custom House death democratic dome dream Duyckinck escape father flogging freedom Ganse Gansevoort Melville Glendinning Guert Gansevoort Hawthorne heart Henry Herman Melville hero human Ibid imagined Indian Isabel Ishmael Israel Potter Jackson lawyer Lemuel Shaw Lincoln Mackenzie Mackenzie's Manifest Destiny Maria Melvill Marx masquerade Melvill to Peter Melville wrote Melville's fiction Moby-Dick mother Mount Greylock mutiny narrator nature Neversink novel Omoo Parker paternal Pequod Peter Gansevoort Philip Spencer Pierre Pierre's pirate poem political Red Rover Redburn replaced Revolution revolutionary romance sailors San Dominick savage Shaw's ship slave slavery SM/H social society Somers Stanwix stone story symbols Tartarus Thomas Melvill Thoreau tion Tocqueville Union Vere Vere's Webster whale whip White-Jacket York Young America