The exceptionalist state and the state of exception : Herman Melville's Billy Budd, sailor / William V. Spanos.
Publisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011Description: 1 online resource (229 pages)Content type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780801898495 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 0801898498 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 9780801899348 (e-book)
- Melville, Herman, 1819-1891. Billy Budd
- Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 -- Political and social views
- Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 -- Knowledge -- History
- Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 -- Knowledge -- United States
- Imperialism in literature
- National characteristics, American, in literature
- Exceptionalism -- United States
- Literature and history -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- 813/.3 22
- PS2384.B7 S55 2011eb
eBooks
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The late Melville and his historical occasion: prolegomenon to a re-reading of Billy Budd, sailor -- The criticism of Billy Budd, sailor: a counter-history -- Billy Budd: a symptomatic reading -- American exceptionalism and the state of exception after 9/11/01: Melville's proleptic witness.
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