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 94
... person of Ishmael , Melville once again portrayed him- self " in flight from the deadly virtues . ” 3 Like Long Ghost , Ish- mael is frank to " abominate all honourable respectable toils , " and is troubled with an impish itch to tweak ...
... person of Ishmael , Melville once again portrayed him- self " in flight from the deadly virtues . ” 3 Like Long Ghost , Ish- mael is frank to " abominate all honourable respectable toils , " and is troubled with an impish itch to tweak ...
Page 142
... person of Charlie Millthorpe , but there is no Ish- mael in the picture . The result is neither good comedy nor good tragedy , but a kind of melodramatic frustration . The hysterical perversity of Pierre as he slaves over his defiantly ...
... person of Charlie Millthorpe , but there is no Ish- mael in the picture . The result is neither good comedy nor good tragedy , but a kind of melodramatic frustration . The hysterical perversity of Pierre as he slaves over his defiantly ...
Page 157
... person- ality of Melville's America - the " household Plato " and the " Plato who talks thro ' his nose . ' . " 5 Of the two , Franklin was the simpler and more innocuous , a Yankee Pooh - Bah who was " every- thing but a poet . " His ...
... person- ality of Melville's America - the " household Plato " and the " Plato who talks thro ' his nose . ' . " 5 Of the two , Franklin was the simpler and more innocuous , a Yankee Pooh - Bah who was " every- thing but a poet . " His ...
Contents
Introduction I | 4 |
The Comic Matter II | 11 |
The Comic Manner | 31 |
Copyright | |
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