The exceptionalist state and the state of exception : Herman Melville's Billy Budd, sailor / William V. Spanos.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011Description: 1 online resource (229 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780801899348 (e-book)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Exceptionalist state and the state of exception : Herman Melville's Billy Budd, sailor.DDC classification:
  • 813/.3 22
LOC classification:
  • PS2384.B7 S55 2011eb
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Contents:
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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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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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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