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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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Description

xvi, 210 p.; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Rethinking theory

Uniform Title

Rethinking theory (Baltimore, Md.)

Subject

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 theory

Rethinking theory (Baltimore, Md.)

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Research Call Number

JFE 11-2294

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