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The exceptionalist state and the state of exception : Herman Melville's Billy Budd, sailor
- Title
- The exceptionalist state and the state of exception : Herman Melville's Billy Budd, sailor / William V. Spanos.
- Author
- Spanos, William V.
- Publication
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011.
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Details
- Description
- xvi, 210 p.; 24 cm.
- Series Statement
- Rethinking theory
- Uniform Title
- Rethinking theory (Baltimore, Md.)
- Subject
- Melville, Herman, 1819-1891
- Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 > Political and social views
- Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 > Knowledge > History
- Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 > Knowledge > United States
- Imperialism in literature
- National characteristics, American, in literature
- Exceptionalism > United States
- Literature and history > United States > History > 19th century
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Late Melville and his historical occasion: prolegomenon to a re-reading of Billy Budd, sailor -- Criticism of Billy Budd, sailor: a counterhistory -- Billy Budd: a symptomatic reading -- American exceptionalism and the state of exception after 9/11: Melville's proleptic witness.
- Call Number
- JFE 11-2294
- ISBN
- 9780801898495 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 0801898498 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2010019682
- OCLC
- YBP 2010019682
- Author
- Spanos, William V.
- Title
- The exceptionalist state and the state of exception : Herman Melville's Billy Budd, sailor / William V. Spanos.
- Imprint
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011.
- Series
- Rethinking theoryRethinking theory (Baltimore, Md.)
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 11-2294