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Empire for Liberty
Melville and the Poetics of Individualism
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ISBN-13:
9780691234564
Veröffentl:
2021
Einband:
Web PDF
Seiten:
264
Autor:
Wai Chee Dimock
eBook Typ:
PDF
eBook Format:
Reflowable Web PDF
Kopierschutz:
Adobe DRM [Hard-DRM]
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Wai Chee Dimock approaches Herman Melville not as a timeless genius, but as a historical figure caught in the politics of an imperial nation and an "e;imperial self."e; She challenges our customary view by demonstrating a link between the individualism that enabled Melville to write as a sovereign author and the nationalism that allowed America to grow into what Jefferson hoped would be an "e;empire for liberty."e;
Wai Chee Dimock approaches Herman Melville not as a timeless genius, but as a historical figure caught in the politics of an imperial nation and an "imperial self." She challenges our customary view by demonstrating a link between the individualism that enabled Melville to write as a sovereign author and the nationalism that allowed America to grow into what Jefferson hoped would be an "empire for liberty."