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Sacred Uncertainty : Religious Difference and the Shape of Melville's Career /
Herman Melville's oeuvre sustains a fundamental tension among self, society, and others. Sacred Uncertainty explores religious difference that arises from these many voices, both within American culture and around the world. Melville's work is notably shot through with allusions to other w...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Evanston, Illinois :
Northwestern University Press,
2015.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction: The sacredness of uncertainty
- Melville's communion of solitude : reading and marginalia
- Landlessness : religious difference around the globe, Typee to Moby-Dick
- "Poor Richard ain't a dunker" : mapping American religious difference, Pierre to The confidence-man
- "Conflict of convictions" : remapping religious difference in Battle-pieces
- All souls : Clarel, religious pluralism, and Unitarianism
- "I too am uncertain" : the doubtful testament of Billy Budd and Melville's later poetry.