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 87
... heart bursts but in secret ; it is good to laugh , though the laugh be hollow ; and wise to make merry , now and for aye . Laugh , and you make friends ; weep , and they go . Women sob , and are rid of their grief ; men laugh , and ...
... heart bursts but in secret ; it is good to laugh , though the laugh be hollow ; and wise to make merry , now and for aye . Laugh , and you make friends ; weep , and they go . Women sob , and are rid of their grief ; men laugh , and ...
Page 128
... heart of Melville's masterpiece . Readers of Moby - Dick are generally agreed that the moving literary influence behind it was Shakespearean tragedy.1 With re- spect to comic technique the chief point of resemblance between Melville and ...
... heart of Melville's masterpiece . Readers of Moby - Dick are generally agreed that the moving literary influence behind it was Shakespearean tragedy.1 With re- spect to comic technique the chief point of resemblance between Melville and ...
Page 142
... heart of mirthfulness . " The playful fiction of calling his mother " sister " only prepares him to accept the dreadful fiction of sister as wife , and thus “ in sport he learnt the terms of woe . " 3 For Pierre life becomes " a play ...
... heart of mirthfulness . " The playful fiction of calling his mother " sister " only prepares him to accept the dreadful fiction of sister as wife , and thus “ in sport he learnt the terms of woe . " 3 For Pierre life becomes " a play ...
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