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Herman Melville's ship of state / Will Morrisey.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Morrisey, William, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Melville, Herman, 1819-1891. Moby Dick.
- Melville, Herman.
- Politics in literature--History--19th century.
- Politics in literature.
- Political and social views.
- Politics and government.
- Religion.
- United States--Politics and government--19th century.
- United States.
- De la démocratie en Amérique (Tocqueville, Alexis de).
- Moby Dick (Melville, Herman).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (147 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- South Bend, Indiana : St. Augustine's Press, [2020]
- Summary:
- "Will Morrisey unravels Melville's "loomings" of the great whale, showing them to be important threads of politics and theories of governance ... Melville, like Ishmael, urges a new vision of both God and nature, and challenges the notion of rule in all its expressions." -- back cover.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-58731-369-3
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