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Neither believer nor infidel : skepticism and faith in Melville's shorter fiction and poetry / Jonathan A. Cook.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cook, Jonathan A. (Jonathan Alexander), 1953- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Melville, Herman, 1819-1891--Criticism and interpretation.
- Melville, Herman.
- Faith in literature.
- Skepticism in literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xi, 267 pages)
- Other Title:
- Skepticism and faith in Melville's shorter fiction and poetry
- Place of Publication:
- Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, 2023.
- Contents:
- Neither believer nor infidel: biographical considerations
- Biblical inversion and the ends of Christianity: "Bartleby, the Scrivener"
- Conversion, infatuation, resurrection: Christian salvation in "Cock-a-Doodle-Do!"
- The genealogy of Melville's female Job: Griselda, "Wakefield," Agatha, Hunilla
- Revolutionary skepticism in Israel Potter: the role of Ecclesiastes
- Memorializing the dead in Battle-Pieces: Christian and classical motifs
- "Are ye gods?" Interrogating the divine in Timoleon, etc.
- Legends of the fall: Genesis, Paradise Lost, Schopenhauer, Billy Budd.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 16, 2023).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Cook, Jonathan A. 1953- Neither believer nor infidel
- ISBN:
- 9781501770982
- 1501770985
- 9781501770975
- 1501770977
- Publisher Number:
- 40031801905
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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