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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... Once [ it begins ] when they had some sago pudding for dinner , and Cuticle chanced to be ashore , they made up a neat parcel of this bluish - white , firm , jelly - like preparation , and placing it in a tin box , carefully sealed with ...
... Once [ it begins ] when they had some sago pudding for dinner , and Cuticle chanced to be ashore , they made up a neat parcel of this bluish - white , firm , jelly - like preparation , and placing it in a tin box , carefully sealed with ...
Page 182
... once , like other spoonies , cherished a loose sort of notion that I did not care to live very long . But I will frankly own that I have now no serious , no insuperable objections to a respectable longevity . " 33 With " I and My ...
... once , like other spoonies , cherished a loose sort of notion that I did not care to live very long . But I will frankly own that I have now no serious , no insuperable objections to a respectable longevity . " 33 With " I and My ...
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... once nakedly tragic and wistfully comic " ( Herman Melville , p . 144 ) . II . The new edition of Piazza Tales ( 1948 ) , edited by Egbert S. Oliver , for some reason omits the subtitle , but it appeared in the original pub- lication ...
... once nakedly tragic and wistfully comic " ( Herman Melville , p . 144 ) . II . The new edition of Piazza Tales ( 1948 ) , edited by Egbert S. Oliver , for some reason omits the subtitle , but it appeared in the original pub- lication ...
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