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Page 57
... Taji , Yillah , and the denizens of Mardi we are in the unfamiliar company of a quaintly stylized cast of fairies inhabiting Herman Melville's personal " world of mind . " When the little band of adventurers lands with the mythical ...
... Taji , Yillah , and the denizens of Mardi we are in the unfamiliar company of a quaintly stylized cast of fairies inhabiting Herman Melville's personal " world of mind . " When the little band of adventurers lands with the mythical ...
Page 63
... Taji . It is in the figure of Taji that the characterization in Mardi differs most sharply from that of the autobiographical romances . In each of those stories Melville himself is the central figure , not just by virtue of his position ...
... Taji . It is in the figure of Taji that the characterization in Mardi differs most sharply from that of the autobiographical romances . In each of those stories Melville himself is the central figure , not just by virtue of his position ...
Page 64
... Taji Retires from the World . " From that moment on , Taji , completely absorbed in his metaphysical phantom- maiden , grows progressively more featureless until he becomes a disembodied spirit telling a disembodied story , and we are ...
... Taji Retires from the World . " From that moment on , Taji , completely absorbed in his metaphysical phantom- maiden , grows progressively more featureless until he becomes a disembodied spirit telling a disembodied story , and we are ...
Contents
Introduction I | 4 |
The Comic Matter II | 11 |
The Comic Manner | 31 |
Copyright | |
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