【预订】Moby-Dick and Melville’s Anti-Slavery Allegory 978331952
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/ 2017-06-29
Product Details 基本信息 ISBN-13 书号 9783319522661 Author 作者 Pellar Format 版本 精装 Pages Number 页数 234页 Publisher 出版社 Palgrave Macmillan Publication Date 出版日期 2017-06-29 Shipping Weight 商品重量 457g Language 语种 英语 Book Contents 内容简介 This book unfurls and examines the anti-slavery allegory at the subtextual core of Herman Melville’s famed novel, Moby-Dick. Brian Pellar points to symbols and allusions in the novel such as the albinism of the famed whale, the “Ship of State” motif, Calhoun’s “cords,” the equator, Jonah, Narcissus, St. Paul, and Thomas Hobbe’s Leviathan. The work contextualizes these devices within a historical discussion of the Compromise of 1850 and subsequently strengthened Fugitive Slave Laws. Drawing on a rich variety of sources such as unpublished papers, letters, reviews, and family memorabilia, the chapters discuss the significance of
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【预订】Moby-Dick and Melville’s Anti-Slavery Allegory 978331984
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/ 2018-08-01
Product Details 基本信息 ISBN-13 书号 9783319848631 Author 作者 Brian R. Pellar Format 版本 平装-胶订 Pages Number 页数 234页 Publisher 出版社 Palgrave Macmillan Publication Date 出版日期 2018-08-01 Language 语种 英语 Book Contents 内容简介 This book unfurls and examines the anti-slavery allegory at the subtextual core of Herman Melville’s famed novel, Moby-Dick. Brian Pellar points to symbols and allusions in the novel such as the albinism of the famed whale, the “Ship of State” motif, Calhoun’s “cords,” the equator, Jonah, Narcissus, St. Paul, and Thomas Hobbe’s Leviathan. The work contextualizes these devices within a historical discussion of the Compromise of 1850 and subsequently strengthened Fugitive Slave Laws. Drawing on a rich variety of sources such as unpublished papers, letters, reviews, and family memorabilia, the chapters discuss the significance of these laws within Melvil
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