Subversive Genealogy: The Politics and Art of Herman MelvilleExamines 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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CHAPTER 2 GANSEVOORT MELVILLE : CANNIBALS AND CHRISTIANS I When Herman Melville reviewed The Oregon Trail , in 1849 , he objected to its condescending portrayal of Indians . " Whenever we affect to condemn savages , " he warned ...
CHAPTER 2 GANSEVOORT MELVILLE : CANNIBALS AND CHRISTIANS I When Herman Melville reviewed The Oregon Trail , in 1849 , he objected to its condescending portrayal of Indians . " Whenever we affect to condemn savages , " he warned ...
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The Glendinnings made themselves an aristocracy in Indian warfare and with Indian land . Melville marked , in his local history , the description of the Indian threat which delayed the settlement of the Berkshires .
The Glendinnings made themselves an aristocracy in Indian warfare and with Indian land . Melville marked , in his local history , the description of the Indian threat which delayed the settlement of the Berkshires .
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Interdependence is the theme beneath the longest story within The Confidence - Man , the story which di- vides the book in two , Charles Noble's account of the Indian - hater . It seems perverse to claim that Noble's tale of Colonel ...
Interdependence is the theme beneath the longest story within The Confidence - Man , the story which di- vides the book in two , Charles Noble's account of the Indian - hater . It seems perverse to claim that Noble's tale of Colonel ...
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The Red Rover | 3 |
POLITICS | 13 |
and Christians | 42 |
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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 |
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