Marquesan Encounters

Published by Harvard University Press 1980

Melville and the Meaning of Civilization

T. Walter Herbert, Jr.

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Illustrations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	x
1. Characters in Search of an Audience Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. City on a Hill Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	25
3. Liberating Satan’s Slaves Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	51
4. Educating Nature’s Children Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	78
5. Heart of Darkness Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	118
6. What It Means To Be a Cannibal Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	149
Concluding Metascientific Postscript Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	192
Notes, Bibliography, Index
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Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	227
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Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Edition: Reprint 2014
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Front matter: 8
- Main content: 237
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 11
- Other: 11 halftones, 1 line illustration
Keywords: LITERARY CRITICISM / General; Civilization -- Philosophy.; Melville, Herman, 1819-1891. Typee.; Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia) -- In literature.; United States -- Intellectual life -- 1783-1865.

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