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 79
... effect of Melville's exposure to Rabelais and other antique writers was their impact upon his style . Their ex- ample encouraged him in the quaint excesses to which he was naturally prone , without materially correcting the fallibility ...
... effect of Melville's exposure to Rabelais and other antique writers was their impact upon his style . Their ex- ample encouraged him in the quaint excesses to which he was naturally prone , without materially correcting the fallibility ...
Page 84
... effects on that book and those to follow as that of demonism . " Diabolism raised its head in the midst of the idyll with ... effect , sometimes with tragic , sometimes with both . The second view , a historical one , sees in Satan the ...
... effects on that book and those to follow as that of demonism . " Diabolism raised its head in the midst of the idyll with ... effect , sometimes with tragic , sometimes with both . The second view , a historical one , sees in Satan the ...
Page 195
... effect of that burlesque is to magnify rather than to lessen his theme ; not to blaspheme Jehovah , but to add majesty to the whale " ( American Renais- sance , p . 431 ) . In the presence of such explicit effects it is difficult to ...
... effect of that burlesque is to magnify rather than to lessen his theme ; not to blaspheme Jehovah , but to add majesty to the whale " ( American Renais- sance , p . 431 ) . In the presence of such explicit effects it is difficult to ...
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