Cannibal old me : spoken sources in Melville's early works / Mary K. Bercaw Edwards.

By: Edwards, Mary K. BercawMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Kent, Ohio : Kent State University Press, [2009]Copyright date: 2009Description: 1 online resource (274 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781612775876Subject(s): 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 centuryGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Cannibal old me : spoken sources in Melville's early works.DDC classification: 813/.3 LOC classification: PS2388.T4 | E49 2009Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
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.
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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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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