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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The Indian rose by emulation to become a lawyer . Then , repudiating the path on which McKenney had set him , he returned to his tribe and represented it against the commissioner . The Choctaw lawyer was no more successful a rebel than ...
The Indian rose by emulation to become a lawyer . Then , repudiating the path on which McKenney had set him , he returned to his tribe and represented it against the commissioner . The Choctaw lawyer was no more successful a rebel than ...
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Bartleby disturbs the lawyer's peace , but the lawyer tries not to treat him as a maniac . He wants to nurture Bartleby , but his charity reveals the failure of his office to sustain human life . At every step the lawyer takes toward ...
Bartleby disturbs the lawyer's peace , but the lawyer tries not to treat him as a maniac . He wants to nurture Bartleby , but his charity reveals the failure of his office to sustain human life . At every step the lawyer takes toward ...
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The lawyer's language betrays him to the end , however , for his invocation of Job undercuts his sentimentalizing of Bar- tleby's death . 34 The lawyer makes one last effort to circumscribe the meaning of his scrivener's fate .
The lawyer's language betrays him to the end , however , for his invocation of Job undercuts his sentimentalizing of Bar- tleby's death . 34 The lawyer makes one last effort to circumscribe the meaning of his scrivener's fate .
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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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