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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... Melville , pp . 96-97 . 3. Reginald E. Watters , " Melville's Metaphysics of Evil , " University of Toronto Quarterly , 9 : 171 ( 1940 ) . 4. Arvin , Herman Melville , p . 98. Ralph H. Gabriel , " Melville , Critic of Mid - Nineteenth ...
... Melville , pp . 96-97 . 3. Reginald E. Watters , " Melville's Metaphysics of Evil , " University of Toronto Quarterly , 9 : 171 ( 1940 ) . 4. Arvin , Herman Melville , p . 98. Ralph H. Gabriel , " Melville , Critic of Mid - Nineteenth ...
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... Melville to Hawthorne , spring 1851 , in Metcalf , Herman Melville , p . 105 . 28. Ibid . , pp . 105 , 109 . 29. Was Melville thinking of the Reverend Mr. Shallow - Deep of " The Celestial Railroad " in Hawthorne's Mosses ? Braswell ( ...
... Melville to Hawthorne , spring 1851 , in Metcalf , Herman Melville , p . 105 . 28. Ibid . , pp . 105 , 109 . 29. Was Melville thinking of the Reverend Mr. Shallow - Deep of " The Celestial Railroad " in Hawthorne's Mosses ? Braswell ( ...
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... Melville . New York : Sloane , 1950 . Auden , Wystan Hugh . The Enchafèd Flood . New York : Random House , 1950 . Babcock , C. Merton . " Melville's Backwoods Seamen , " Western Folklore , 10 : 126-133 ( April 1951 ) . Baldwin , Joseph ...
... Melville . New York : Sloane , 1950 . Auden , Wystan Hugh . The Enchafèd Flood . New York : Random House , 1950 . Babcock , C. Merton . " Melville's Backwoods Seamen , " Western Folklore , 10 : 126-133 ( April 1951 ) . Baldwin , Joseph ...
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