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 98
... whale , it is Stubb who " cursed Pip of- ficially . " To complete Stubb's resemblance to the familiar bar- racks hero , he is what would now be called a " big operator , " a slick promoter of the faintly illegitimate advantage . His ...
... whale , it is Stubb who " cursed Pip of- ficially . " To complete Stubb's resemblance to the familiar bar- racks hero , he is what would now be called a " big operator , " a slick promoter of the faintly illegitimate advantage . His ...
Page 108
... whale , for instance , mounts a larger whale's back and " works his passage by flogging him ; as some schoolmasters get along in the world by a similar process . " And the many occult phenomena , far from giving Melville pause , merely ...
... whale , for instance , mounts a larger whale's back and " works his passage by flogging him ; as some schoolmasters get along in the world by a similar process . " And the many occult phenomena , far from giving Melville pause , merely ...
Page 136
... whale . Melville's first literary whale is as ap- pealingly comical as any in Moby - Dick , but it would have meant artistic disaster to the book . It is the whale , or school of whales , young Redburn sees on his outward voyage : no ...
... whale . Melville's first literary whale is as ap- pealingly comical as any in Moby - Dick , but it would have meant artistic disaster to the book . It is the whale , or school of whales , young Redburn sees on his outward voyage : no ...
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