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Author:

Spanos, William V.

Title:

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

Publisher:

Johns Hopkins University Press,

Copyright Date:

2011

Description:

xvi, 210 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Melville, Herman,--1819-1891.--Billy Budd.
Melville, Herman,--1819-1891--Political and social views.
Melville, Herman,--1819-1891--History.--History.
Melville, Herman,--1819-1891--United States.--United States.
Imperialism in literature.
National characteristics, American, in literature.
Exceptionalism--United States.
Literature and history--United States--History--19th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Late Melville and his historical occasion: prolegomenon to a re-reading of Billy Budd, sailor -- Criticism of Billy Budd, sailor: a counterhistory -- Billy Budd: a symptomatic reading -- American exceptionalism and the state of exception after 9/11: Melville's proleptic witness.

Series:

Rethinking theory

ISBN:

0801898498 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780801898495 (hardcover : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)614397325

LCCN:

2010019682

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)