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The composition of Herman Melville / Rick Mitchell.
International Bibliography of Theatre and Dance Available from 2002 until 2002. Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mitchell, Rick.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American drama.
- Melville, Herman, 1819-1891.
- Melville, Herman.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (105 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Writers and dramatic composition: the compositon of Herman Melville
- Place of Publication:
- Portland, OR : Intellect Books, 2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This play, which contains biographical information relating to Herman Melville, is fundamentally an exploration of the ways in which these two things take place. The play admits the truth of Walter Benjamin's view of history as ''time filled by the presence of the now''. Parallels between past and present (e.g., racism, domestic abuse, and the plight of the visionary American artist) are clearly implied, but the play also utilizes new technologies, in particular video, in order to represent the kind of dialectical history and representation promoted by Benjamin. During Melville's lifetime, and
- Contents:
- ACT II; Preliminaries; Author Information & Dedication; Acknowledgements; Explanatory Notes; ACT I
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 9786610476664
- 9781280476662
- 1280476664
- 9781841508290
- 1841508292
- OCLC:
- 476029223
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