The errant art of Moby-Dick : the canon, the Cold War, and the struggle for American studies /

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In The Errant Art of Moby-Dick, one of America's most distinguished critics reexamines Melville's monumental novel and turns the occasion into a meditation on the history and implications of canon formation. In Moby-Dick--a work virtually ignored and discredited at the time of its publicat...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Spanos, William V. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham, N.C. : Duke University Press, 1995.
Series:New Americanists.
Subjects:
Melville, Herman, > 1819-1891. > Moby Dick.
Melville, Herman, > 1819-1891 > Influence.
Melville, Herman, > 1819-1891
Melville, Herman.
Moby Dick (Melville, Herman)
1900-1999
Politics and literature > United States > History > 20th century.
Literature and society > United States > History > 20th century.
Sea stories, American > History and criticism > Theory, etc.
American literature > History and criticism > Theory, etc.
Criticism > United States > History > 20th century.
Canon (Literature)
Cold War.
Politique et littérature > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Littérature et société > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Mer > Récits américains > Histoire et critique > Théorie, etc.
Littérature américaine > Histoire et critique > Théorie, etc.
Critique > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Chefs-d'œuvre (Littérature)
Guerre froide.
Récits de mer américains > Histoire et critique > Théorie, etc.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General
Criticism
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Literature and society
Politics and literature
Literatur
Moby Dick, or The Whale (Melville)
United States
USA
English fiction
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
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