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 51
... suggest themselves to the most casual observer . " In diametric opposition to this approach , his third book , Mardi , makes every pretension to philosophic re- search . In it the author describes , not what he has seen , but what he ...
... suggest themselves to the most casual observer . " In diametric opposition to this approach , his third book , Mardi , makes every pretension to philosophic re- search . In it the author describes , not what he has seen , but what he ...
Page 76
... suggest the Rabelaisian abundance and variety that make Mardi the source book of Melvillian thought and the bewilder- ment and delight of Melville enthusiasts from Hawthorne on . The playing with ideas , the exploration of comic ...
... suggest the Rabelaisian abundance and variety that make Mardi the source book of Melvillian thought and the bewilder- ment and delight of Melville enthusiasts from Hawthorne on . The playing with ideas , the exploration of comic ...
Page 196
... suggests that Melville reasoned like Gide about such a book : " It must not be neatly rounded off , but rather ... suggested as an influence on The Confidence - Man . Cf. P 14 : 242 , 21 : 346 ; Tristram Shandy ( Modern Library edition ) ...
... suggests that Melville reasoned like Gide about such a book : " It must not be neatly rounded off , but rather ... suggested as an influence on The Confidence - Man . Cf. P 14 : 242 , 21 : 346 ; Tristram Shandy ( Modern Library edition ) ...
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