Cannibal Old Me : Spoken Sources in Melville's Early Works /

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Edwards, Mary K. Bercaw
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Kent, Ohio : Kent State University Press, 2009.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Melville, Herman, > 1819-1891 > Knowledge > Language and languages.
Melville, Herman, > 1819-1891 > Travel > South Pacific Ocean.
Melville, Herman, > 1819-1891 > Technique.
Narration (Rhetoric) > History > 19th century.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • "Where the wild things are" : questioning Typee
  • "Six months at sea! Yes, reader, as I live" : sailor talk
  • "They say they don't like sailor's flesh, it's too salt" : cannibal talk
  • "Their gestures shame the very brutes" : missionary talk
  • "Cannibal old me" : the development of Melville's narrative voice.

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