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

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Autore principale: Spanos, William V. (Autore)
Natura: Elettronico eBook
Lingua:inglese
Pubblicazione: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011.
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Sommario:
  • 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.