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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... story . His second motive was in a sense even more compelling : as a thinker , whether in revolt or not , he needed a medium in which to expatiate and explore — a narrative structure so accommodating that he could start , stop , and ...
... story . His second motive was in a sense even more compelling : as a thinker , whether in revolt or not , he needed a medium in which to expatiate and explore — a narrative structure so accommodating that he could start , stop , and ...
Page 145
... story of Moby - Dick is the story of that struggle blown up to epic pro- portions . Perhaps only the short story " Bartleby , " written the year after Pierre , represents in a finished work of art the perfect balance of comedy and ...
... story of Moby - Dick is the story of that struggle blown up to epic pro- portions . Perhaps only the short story " Bartleby , " written the year after Pierre , represents in a finished work of art the perfect balance of comedy and ...
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... story — is jauntily designed , constructed with the tools of his most ap- pealing craftsmanship and free from the creaking machinery of ambiguity that had marred even parts of Moby - Dick and " Bartleby . " The discovery of the table ...
... story — is jauntily designed , constructed with the tools of his most ap- pealing craftsmanship and free from the creaking machinery of ambiguity that had marred even parts of Moby - Dick and " Bartleby . " The discovery of the table ...
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