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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Página 144
... Webster's fanatics , he rebelled against the natural order . Webster reaffirmed that order . He even insisted that " the law of nature , of physical geography " would thwart the expansion of slavery . Slavery could not take root in the ...
... Webster's fanatics , he rebelled against the natural order . Webster reaffirmed that order . He even insisted that " the law of nature , of physical geography " would thwart the expansion of slavery . Slavery could not take root in the ...
Página 145
... 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 concerns . Webster may have ...
... 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 concerns . Webster may have ...
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... Webster's enemies called attention to the disjunction between the performer and his masks . " There is no actor in the theater of public life in this country , " one charged , " who has played so many parts as MR . DANIEL WEBSTER . " ...
... Webster's enemies called attention to the disjunction between the performer and his masks . " There is no actor in the theater of public life in this country , " one charged , " who has played so many parts as MR . DANIEL WEBSTER . " ...
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