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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... Union's bonds from a contract among states to a national senti- ment . As sectional conflict deepened , so did Webster's emotional appeal . He called for a Union which went beyond the " compact " to " fraternal feeling . " He repudiated ...
... Union's bonds from a contract among states to a national senti- ment . As sectional conflict deepened , so did Webster's emotional appeal . He called for a Union which went beyond the " compact " to " fraternal feeling . " He repudiated ...
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... Union or to the slaves . Webster's brow as Saturnina resembles a sperm whale's , but his big head is empty ; Saturnina is a windbag . Moby Dick's grandeur , by contrast , is purchased at the price of the whale's indifference to human ...
... Union or to the slaves . Webster's brow as Saturnina resembles a sperm whale's , but his big head is empty ; Saturnina is a windbag . Moby Dick's grandeur , by contrast , is purchased at the price of the whale's indifference to human ...
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... Union fell devotedly under the flag of their fathers . " 18 Filial sacrifice , in the conservatives ' view , restored patriarchal power . That was its function for the captains of the Somers , the Highlander , and the Neversink . But ...
... Union fell devotedly under the flag of their fathers . " 18 Filial sacrifice , in the conservatives ' view , restored patriarchal power . That was its function for the captains of the Somers , the Highlander , and the Neversink . But ...
Contenido
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 |
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