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War in Melville's imagination
- Title
- War in Melville's imagination / Joyce Sparer Adler.
- Author
- Adler, Joyce Sparer, 1915-1999
- Publication
- New York : New York University Press, ©1981.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | PS2388.W37 A34 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xi, 189 pages; 24 cm.
- Series Statement
- The Gotham library of the New York University Press
- Uniform Title
- Gotham library of the New York University Press
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Typee and Omoo: of "civilized" war on "savage" peace -- The unifying force in the shaping of Mardi -- White-jacket's center: "So long as a man-of-war exists ..." -- Moby-Dick as symbolic poem of war and peace -- Israel potter: the American Revolution and the forgotten man -- Benito Cereno: Slavery and violence in the Americas -- The "history" of the Indian-hater in its context, The confidence-man: grotesque art for Melville's ideas of the war on the American Indian -- Battle-pieces: Melville's historic tragedy of the Civil War -- Billy Budd and Melville's philosophy of war and peace.
- ISBN
- 081470574X
- 9780814705742
- 0814705758
- 9780814705759
- LCCN
- 80020656
- OCLC
- ocm06648375
- 6648375
- SCSB-9096315
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library