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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Page 45
... early stage he usually goes to some lengths to point out such applications lest the reader miss the point . The gesture is of course a kind of artistic naïveté and as such may make us smile at the author more than at the pun , though ...
... early stage he usually goes to some lengths to point out such applications lest the reader miss the point . The gesture is of course a kind of artistic naïveté and as such may make us smile at the author more than at the pun , though ...
Page 172
... early writings lacked was not positive merit but an originality sufficiently independent of subject matter that the author could honestly take some credit for it . It was the sense of this lack somewhat exaggerated sense , posterity has ...
... early writings lacked was not positive merit but an originality sufficiently independent of subject matter that the author could honestly take some credit for it . It was the sense of this lack somewhat exaggerated sense , posterity has ...
Page 189
... early in 1849 ( see Melville to Evert Duyckinck , February 24 , 1849 , in Metcalf , Herman Melville , p . 57 ) , whereas at least the first draft of the book was completed as early as May 1848 ( see Elizabeth Melville to Hope Shaw , May ...
... early in 1849 ( see Melville to Evert Duyckinck , February 24 , 1849 , in Metcalf , Herman Melville , p . 57 ) , whereas at least the first draft of the book was completed as early as May 1848 ( see Elizabeth Melville to Hope Shaw , May ...
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