Handsomely Done
Title | Handsomely Done PDF eBook |
Author | Daniel Hoffman-Schwartz |
Publisher | Northwestern University Press |
Pages | 327 |
Release | 2019-04-15 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 0810139758 |
Handsomely Done: Aesthetics, Politics, and Media after Melville brings together leading and emerging scholars from comparative literature, critical theory, and media studies to examine Melville’s works in light of their ongoing afterlife and seemingly permanent contemporaneity. The volume explores the curious fact that the works of this most linguistically complex and seemingly most “untranslatable” of authors have yielded such compelling translations and adaptations as well as the related tendency of Melville’s writing to flash into relevance at every new historical-political conjuncture. The volume thus engages not only Melville reception across media (Jorge Luis Borges, John Huston, Jean-Luc Godard, Led Zeppelin, Claire Denis) but also the Melvillean resonances and echoes of various political events and movements, such as the Attica uprising, the Red Army Faction, Occupy Wall Street, and Black Lives Matter. This consideration of Melville’s afterlife opens onto theorizations of intermediality, un/translatability, and material intensity even as it also continually faces the most concrete and pressing questions of history and politics.
Melville's Folk Roots
Title | Melville's Folk Roots PDF eBook |
Author | Kevin J. Hayes |
Publisher | Kent State University Press |
Pages | 162 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 9780873386258 |
Herman Melville's reputation as a great writer has gradually evolved throughout the 20th century. Tempered by studies that emphasize the Western literary tradition, literary appreciation for Melville's use of folklore has been slow in developing. This study focuses on Melville's immersion with and borrowing from oral traditions: both music and narrative; tall-tale humour; nautical folklore; superstition; and legend. The book also acts as a general introduction to Melville's work.
Phroso
Title | Phroso PDF eBook |
Author | Anthony Hope |
Publisher | |
Pages | 462 |
Release | 1897 |
Genre | English fiction |
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The Works of Beaumont and Fletcher
Title | The Works of Beaumont and Fletcher PDF eBook |
Author | Francis Beaumont |
Publisher | |
Pages | 720 |
Release | 1851 |
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The Works of Beaumont and Fletcher with an Introduction by George Darley
Title | The Works of Beaumont and Fletcher with an Introduction by George Darley PDF eBook |
Author | Francis Beaumont |
Publisher | |
Pages | 734 |
Release | 1840 |
Genre | |
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The Works of Beaumont and Fletcher: The maid's tragedy; Philaster; A king and no king; The scornful lady; Custom of the country; The elder brother; The Spanish curate; Wit without money; The beggars' bush; The humurous
Title | The Works of Beaumont and Fletcher: The maid's tragedy; Philaster; A king and no king; The scornful lady; Custom of the country; The elder brother; The Spanish curate; Wit without money; The beggars' bush; The humurous PDF eBook |
Author | Francis Beaumont |
Publisher | |
Pages | 736 |
Release | 1866 |
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Baltimore Hats, Past and Present
Title | Baltimore Hats, Past and Present PDF eBook |
Author | William Tufts Brigham |
Publisher | |
Pages | 180 |
Release | 1890 |
Genre | Baltimore (Md.) |
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