| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Peculiar bodies : stories and histories |
| Contents |
"The piazza" and Melville's Sickroom -- "Bartleby, the scrivener" : the body (and soul) in pain -- "Casting a shadow" : representing race and trauma in "Benito cereno" -- Playing smart, playing dumb : performance in "The lightning-rod man" -- "The encantadas, or enchanted isles" : bodies as fragments -- Docile monsters and enslavement in "The bell-tower" |
| Summary |
"This book analyzes the six stories in Melville's 'The Piazza Tales' with an emphasis on issues of embodiment-invalidism or disability, pain, trauma, enslavement, performance, monsters-and related systems of cultural values defined by race, class, and gender"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
| Subject |
Melville, Herman, 1819-1891. Piazza tales.
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Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 -- Criticism and interpretation
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| SUBJECT |
Melville, Herman, 1819-1891. fast (OCoLC)fst00030216 |
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Lightning-rod man (Melville, Herman) fast (OCoLC)fst01375537 |
| Subject |
Short stories, American -- 19th century -- History and criticism
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Human body in literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General
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Human body in literature.
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Short stories, American.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2022008977 |
| ISBN |
9780813945453 |
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0813945453 |
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