Melville and repose : the rhetoric of humor in the American Renaissance / John Bryant.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bryant, John, 1949- author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Melville, Herman, 1819-1891--Humor.

Melville, Herman.

American literature--19th century--History and criticism.

American literature.

Humorous stories, American--History and criticism.

Humorous stories, American.

English language--United States--Rhetoric.

English language.

Comic, The, in literature.

Narration (Rhetoric).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (331 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This study offers a strong argument for the centrality of humour in Melville's novelistic career. Thorough research and scholarly readings of the oeuvre combine to make this text of benefit to the libraries of Melville scholars and enthusiasts.

Contents:

Contents; Abbreviations for Frequently Cited Sources; 1. A Great Intellect in Repose; Humor and Being; Melville's Aesthetics of Repose; Melville's Rhetoric: Voicing the Voiceless; Melville and the Reader: ""Lord when shall we be done changing?""; I: AMERICA'S COMIC DEBATE; 2. America's Repose; 3. The Example of Irving; 4. Playing Along: America and the Rhetoric of Deceit; 5. E. A. Poe and T. B. Thorpe: Two Models of Deceit; 6. The Genial Misanthrope: Melville and The Cosmopolitan Ideal; II: RHETORIC AND REPOSE; TYPEE; MOBY DICK; THE CONFIDENCE-MAN; Coda: Something Further; Notes; Index; A; B

CD; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 1993.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-297) and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-772522-8

1-280-52639-4

0-19-536020-6

1-4294-0762-X

OCLC:

476010013