TY - BOOK AU - Edwards,Mary K.Bercaw TI - Cannibal old me: spoken sources in Melville's early works AV - PS2388.T4 E49 2009 U1 - 813/.3 22 PY - 2009///] CY - Kent, Ohio PB - Kent State University Press KW - Melville, Herman, KW - Narration (Rhetoric) KW - History KW - 19th century KW - Electronic books N1 - 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 UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bacm-ebooks/detail.action?docID=3120219 ER -