Melville and Repose

The Rhetoric of Humor in the American Renaissance

Inbunden, Engelska, 1993

Av John Bryant, Hofstra University) Bryant, John (Associate Professor of English, Associate Professor of English

3 479 kr

Beställningsvara. Skickas inom 5-8 vardagar

Fri frakt för medlemmar vid köp för minst 249 kr.

Bryant's book is a strong and significant argument for the centrality of humour in Melville's novels. The purpose of Melville and Repose is dual: to ground the uses of humour in Melville in sensitive readings of contemporaneous European and American writings, and to offer a definitive account of humour as the shaping force of Melville's narrative voice for the duration of his literary career. Bryant argues that Melville fused a "rhetoric of geniality" adopted from the British with a "rhetoric of deceit" borrowed from the American tall tale in order to create his own amiably cosmopolitan "rhetoric of aesthetic repose." Thorough research, an engaging style, and full, scholarly readings of the oeuvre combine to make this book a welcome addition to the libraries of Melville scholars and enthusiasts.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum1993-12-16
Mått162 x 243 x 28 mm
Vikt611 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor336
FörlagOUP USA
ISBN9780195077827

Tillhör följande kategorier

Litteraturvetenskap inom Skonlitteratur
Litteraturvetenskap inom Skonlitteratur

Du kanske också är intresserad av

The Other Mary Shelley

The Other Mary Shelley

Audrey A. Fisch, Anne K. Mellor, Esther H. Schor, Rutgers University) Fisch, Audrey A. (Assistant Professor of English, Assistant Professor of English, University of California at Los Angeles) Mellor, Anne K. (Professor of English, Professor of English, Princeton University) Schor, Esther H. (Assistant Professor of English, Assistant Professor of English

3 479 kr

General Studies of Charles Dickens and His Writings and Collected Editions of His Works

General Studies of Charles Dickens and His Writings and Collected Editions of His Works

Duane DeVries, Duane Devries

3 479 kr

Provincial Readers in Eighteenth-Century England

Provincial Readers in Eighteenth-Century England

Jan Fergus, Lehigh University) Fergus, Jan (Professor of English

3 479 kr

General Studies of Charles Dickens and His Writings and Collected Editions of His Works

General Studies of Charles Dickens and His Writings and Collected Editions of His Works

Duane DeVries, Duane Devries

3 479 kr

Seneca: De Clementia

Seneca: De Clementia

Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Susanna Braund, University of British Columbia) Braund, Susanna (Professor of Latin Poetry and its Reception (Canada Research Chair)

3 479 kr

The Oxford Handbook of White-Collar Crime

The Oxford Handbook of White-Collar Crime

Shanna Van Slyke, Shanna van Slyke, Shanna Van Slyke, Michael Benson, Francis T. Cullen, Utica College) Van Slyke, Shanna (Associate Professor, Associate Professor, School of Business and Justice Studies, University of Cincinnati) Benson, Michael (Professor, Professor, School of Criminal Justice, University of Cincinnati) Cullen, Francis T. (Distinguished Research Professor, Distinguished Research Professor, School of Criminal Justice, Michael L. Benson, Michael L Benson, Francis T Cullen

3 479 kr

Motives of Woe

Motives of Woe

John Kerrigan, Cambridge) Kerrigan, John (, Professor of English 2000 at the University of Cambridge and Fellow of St John's College

3 479 kr

Papacy and Law in the Gregorian Revolution

Papacy and Law in the Gregorian Revolution

Kathleen G. Cushing, Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies) Cushing, Kathleen G. (Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies, Kathleen Cushing

3 479 kr

Sophron's Mimes

Sophron's Mimes

J. H. Hordern, Berlin) Hordern, J. H. (, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Research Fellow at the Institut fur Klassische Philologie, Freie Universitat, Sophron

3 479 kr

Jonson's Magic Houses

Jonson's Magic Houses

Ian Donaldson, Cambridge) Donaldson, Ian (Grace I Professor of English Literature at Cambridge University; and Fellow, Grace I Professor of English Literature at Cambridge University; and Fellow, King's College, I. Donaldson

3 479 kr