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Ambient life : Melville and the ethereal enlightenment / Branka Arsic.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Arsić, Branka, author.
- Series:
- POSTHUMANITIES.80
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Melville, Herman, 1819-1891--Criticism and interpretation.
- Melville, Herman.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (496 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2026.
- Contents:
- Cover Page
- Posthumanities Series Page)
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: The Methodology of Twilight Natures
- Part I: On Polyps and Corals
- Chapter 1. Melville's Ontological Models: Insects, Whales, and Supple-Solids
- Chapter 2. Coral Psyches I
- Chapter 3. Coral Psyches II
- Part II: On Affective Stupidity
- Chapter 4. Tortoises
- Chapter 5. Penguins
- Chapter 6. Whales
- Part III: Off-Beat Metaphysics
- Chapter 7. The Society Islands
- Chapter 8. Aotearoa / New Zealand
- Chapter 9. Africa
- Appendix: Editions Used
- Notes
- Index
- Posthumanities Series Page (Continued)
- Notes:
- Electronic reproduction. Berlin Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based upon online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed June 11th 2026).
- ISBN:
- 9781452975412
- 1452975418
- 1452975426
- 9781452975429
- Publisher Number:
- 90104634652
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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