"Whole oceans away" : Melville and the Pacific

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"Whole oceans away" : Melville and the Pacific

edited by Jill Barnum, Wyn Kelley, and Christopher Sten

Kent State University Press, c2007

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Based on papers presented at the Fourth International Melville Society Conference held in Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii on June 3-7, 2003

Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-338) and index

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内容説明

Herman Melville had a lifelong fascination with the Pacific and with the diverse island cultures that dotted this vast ocean. The essays in this collection articulate the intersection of Western and Pacific perspectives in Melville's work, from his early writings based on ocean voyages and encounters in the Pacific to Western modes of thought in relation to race and national identity. These essays interrogate familiar themes of Western colonialism while introducing fresh insights, including Melville's use of Pacific cartography, the art of tattooing, and his interest in evolutionary science. Using a variety of methodologies and approaches - postcolonial theory, cultural studies, linguistics, performance theory - ""Whole Oceans Away"" offers a valuable body of criticism for students of nineteenth-century American literature and history, cultural studies, and Pacific Rim studies.

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