- Description
- 1 online resource (xvi, 210 p.)
- Uniform Title
- Exceptionalist state and the state of exception (Online)
- Alternative Title
- Exceptionalist state and the state of exception (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Contents
- The late Melville and his historical occasion: prolegomenon to a re-reading of Billy Budd, sailor -- The criticism of Billy Budd, sailor: a counter-history -- Billy Budd: a symptomatic reading -- American exceptionalism and the state of exception after 9/11/01: Melville's proleptic witness.
- LCCN
- 2010019682
- OCLC
- ssj0000606349
- Author
Spanos, William V.
- Title
The exceptionalist state and the state of exception [electronic resource] : Herman Melville's Billy Budd, sailor / William V. Spanos.
- Imprint
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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