Melville and the Comic SpiritUsing elements of traditional Celtic lore, relates how Kate helps her stepsister Meghan to break the spell that has given her the head of a sheep. |
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... Emerson , as in Plinlimmon , something a little too sublime : " To crown all , a certain floating atmosphere seemed to invest and go along with this man . " 30 As Matthiessen describes Emerson , there was in him " a serenity that had ...
... Emerson , as in Plinlimmon , something a little too sublime : " To crown all , a certain floating atmosphere seemed to invest and go along with this man . " 30 As Matthiessen describes Emerson , there was in him " a serenity that had ...
Page 168
... Emerson and Thoreau . A number of scholarly probing actions have been fought over the ground since then in an indecisive effort to iden- tify the bodies beyond cavil , but the inevitable consensus has been that Mark Winsome and his ...
... Emerson and Thoreau . A number of scholarly probing actions have been fought over the ground since then in an indecisive effort to iden- tify the bodies beyond cavil , but the inevitable consensus has been that Mark Winsome and his ...
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... Emerson and Thoreau in The Confidence - Man , " College English , 8 : 61-72 ( 1946 ) . Elizabeth Foster ( Introduction to The Confidence - Man , pp . lxxiii - lxxxii ) differs in viewing Egbert as a dramatized aspect of Emerson himself ...
... Emerson and Thoreau in The Confidence - Man , " College English , 8 : 61-72 ( 1946 ) . Elizabeth Foster ( Introduction to The Confidence - Man , pp . lxxiii - lxxxii ) differs in viewing Egbert as a dramatized aspect of Emerson himself ...
Contents
Introduction I | 4 |
The Comic Matter II | 11 |
The Comic Manner | 31 |
Copyright | |
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Ahab ambiguity American appears artist Babbalanja becomes better bright called chap chapter character comedy comes comic comic spirit conceit Confidence-Man course critical dark deal death devils early effect Emerson eyes face fact figure final Ghost give hand Hawthorne head heart Herman Melville human humor ideas ironic Ishmael joke kind king later laugh laughter least less light literary live look manner Mardi marked meaning Media Melville's mind Moby-Dick native nature never observable Omoo once passage perhaps person philosophical Pierre play puns reader Redburn reflects remark respect sailors satire scene seems seen sense Shakespearean sometimes sort stand story Stubb suggest symbol tell theme thing thought tion tone tragic true turned Typee voyage whale White-Jacket whole writing wrote young