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 11
... fact and fancy . I There is no reason to question Melville's sincerity when he wrote in the Preface to Typee that matters in that book were stated " just as they occurred . " Like the author of Huckleberry Finn , " there was things ...
... fact and fancy . I There is no reason to question Melville's sincerity when he wrote in the Preface to Typee that matters in that book were stated " just as they occurred . " Like the author of Huckleberry Finn , " there was things ...
Page 71
... fact which demonstrates the seriousness with which Melville viewed the state of the world and the political conditions of man . Yet the tiny core of comedy is vigorous enough to sustain life in the desert of allegorical preachment in ...
... fact which demonstrates the seriousness with which Melville viewed the state of the world and the political conditions of man . Yet the tiny core of comedy is vigorous enough to sustain life in the desert of allegorical preachment in ...
Page 108
... facts are consistently reported in this figurative idiom . The thrasher whale , for instance , mounts a larger ... fact that whales " couple more hominum " - the comic artist converted into a bio- logical jape : " When overflowing ...
... facts are consistently reported in this figurative idiom . The thrasher whale , for instance , mounts a larger ... fact that whales " couple more hominum " - the comic artist converted into a bio- logical jape : " When overflowing ...
Contents
Introduction I | 4 |
The Comic Matter II | 11 |
The Comic Manner | 31 |
Copyright | |
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