Cannibal old me : spoken sources in Melville's early works / Mary K. Bercaw Edwards.
2009
PS2388.T4 E49 2009
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Title
Cannibal old me : spoken sources in Melville's early works / Mary K. Bercaw Edwards.
Author
Edwards, Mary K. Bercaw.
ISBN
9781612775876 (electronic book)
9781606351406
9781606351406
Published
Kent, Ohio : Kent State University Press, [2009]
Copyright
©2009
Language
English
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1 online resource (274 pages)
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PS2388.T4 E49 2009
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813/.3
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-233) and index.
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Table of Contents
Introduction
"Where the wild things are" : questioning Typee
"Six months at sea! Yes, reader, as I live" : sailor talk
"They say they don't like sailor's flesh, it's too salt" : cannibal talk
"Their gestures shame the very brutes" : missionary talk
"Cannibal old me" : the development of Melville's narrative voice.
"Where the wild things are" : questioning Typee
"Six months at sea! Yes, reader, as I live" : sailor talk
"They say they don't like sailor's flesh, it's too salt" : cannibal talk
"Their gestures shame the very brutes" : missionary talk
"Cannibal old me" : the development of Melville's narrative voice.