Handsomely Done

Download or read book Handsomely Done written by Daniel Hoffman-Schwartz and published by Northwestern University Press. This book was released on 2019-04-15 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Handsomely Done: Aesthetics, Politics, and Media after Melville brings together leading and emerging scholars from comparative literature, critical theory, and media studies to examine Melville’s works in light of their ongoing afterlife and seemingly permanent contemporaneity. The volume explores the curious fact that the works of this most linguistically complex and seemingly most “untranslatable” of authors have yielded such compelling translations and adaptations as well as the related tendency of Melville’s writing to flash into relevance at every new historical-political conjuncture. The volume thus engages not only Melville reception across media (Jorge Luis Borges, John Huston, Jean-Luc Godard, Led Zeppelin, Claire Denis) but also the Melvillean resonances and echoes of various political events and movements, such as the Attica uprising, the Red Army Faction, Occupy Wall Street, and Black Lives Matter. This consideration of Melville’s afterlife opens onto theorizations of intermediality, un/translatability, and material intensity even as it also continually faces the most concrete and pressing questions of history and politics.

Download or read book Melville's Folk Roots written by Kevin J. Hayes and published by Kent State University Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Herman Melville's reputation as a great writer has gradually evolved throughout the 20th century. Tempered by studies that emphasize the Western literary tradition, literary appreciation for Melville's use of folklore has been slow in developing. This study focuses on Melville's immersion with and borrowing from oral traditions: both music and narrative; tall-tale humour; nautical folklore; superstition; and legend. The book also acts as a general introduction to Melville's work.

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Download or read book Iron and steel, D. J. Morrell. Ceramics, W. P. Blake. Glass and glass-ware, W. P. Blake. Forestry, F. P. Baker. Cotton culture, P. M. B. Young written by United States Commission to the Paris Exposition (1878) and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 694 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Reports of the United States Commissioners to the Paris Universal Exposition 1867 written by 1878 U.S. Commission to the Paris exposition and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 662 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Reports of the United States Commissioners to the Paris Universal Exposition, 1878. Published Under Direction of the Secretary of State by Authority of Congress written by United States. Commissioners to the Paris Universal Exposition, 1878 and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 658 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Reports of the United States Commissioners to the Paris Universal Exposition, 1878. Published Under Direction of the Secretary of State by Authority of Congress written by United States. Commission to the Paris exposition, 1878 and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 694 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: