Melville's other lives : bodies on trial in The piazza tales / Christopher Sten.
| Author/creator | Sten, Christopher, 1944- author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2022. |
| Copyright Date | 2022 |
| Description | x, 185 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Peculiar bodies : stories and histories Peculiar bodies: stories and histories. ^A1431653 |
| Contents | "The piazza" and Melville's Sickroom -- "Bartleby, the scrivener" : the body (and soul) in pain -- "Casting a shadow" : representing race and trauma in "Benito cereno" -- Playing smart, playing dumb : performance in "The lightning-rod man" -- "The encantadas, or enchanted isles" : bodies as fragments -- Docile monsters and enslavement in "The bell-tower". |
| Abstract | "This book analyzes the six stories in Melville's 'The Piazza Tales' with an emphasis on issues of embodiment-invalidism or disability, pain, trauma, enslavement, performance, monsters-and related systems of cultural values defined by race, class, and gender"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Sten, Christopher, 1944- Melville's other lives Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2022 9780813945453 |
| Genre/form | Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
| LCCN | 2022008976 |
| ISBN | 9780813945446 |
| ISBN | 9780813945439 hardcover |
| ISBN | 0813945437 hardcover |
| ISBN | 0813945445 paperback |
| ISBN | electronic book |
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