Cannibal old me : spoken sources in Melville's early works /
Edwards, Mary K. Bercaw.
Cannibal old me : spoken sources in Melville's early works / Mary K. Bercaw Edwards. - 1 online resource (274 pages)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-233) and index.
Introduction -- "Where the wild things are" : questioning Typee --"Six months at sea! Yes, reader, as I live" : sailor talk -- "They say they don't like sailor's flesh, it's too salt" : cannibal talk -- "Their gestures shame the very brutes" : missionary talk -- "Cannibal old me" : the development of Melville's narrative voice.
9781612775876
Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 --Knowledge--Language and languages.
Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 --Technique.
Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 --Travel--South Pacific Ocean.
Narration (Rhetoric)--History--19th century.
Electronic books.
PS2388.T4 / E49 2009
813/.3
Cannibal old me : spoken sources in Melville's early works / Mary K. Bercaw Edwards. - 1 online resource (274 pages)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-233) and index.
Introduction -- "Where the wild things are" : questioning Typee --"Six months at sea! Yes, reader, as I live" : sailor talk -- "They say they don't like sailor's flesh, it's too salt" : cannibal talk -- "Their gestures shame the very brutes" : missionary talk -- "Cannibal old me" : the development of Melville's narrative voice.
9781612775876
Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 --Knowledge--Language and languages.
Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 --Technique.
Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 --Travel--South Pacific Ocean.
Narration (Rhetoric)--History--19th century.
Electronic books.
PS2388.T4 / E49 2009
813/.3