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Cold War in literature --- Crime in literature --- Detective and mystery stories, American --- Literature and society --- Noir fiction, American --- Popular literature --- Pulp literature --- History and criticism --- History
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Dutch literature --- Communication (langue néerlandaise) Communicatie (Nederlandse taal) --- Littérature Literatuur --- Dutch fiction --- Dutch language --- War in literature. --- Roman néerlandais --- Néerlandais (Langue) --- Guerre dans la littérature --- Textbooks for foreign speakers --- French. --- Manuels pour francophones
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In The Errant Art of Moby-Dick, one of America’s most distinguished critics reexamines Melville’s monumental novel and turns the occasion into a meditation on the history and implications of canon formation. In Moby-Dick—a work virtually ignored and discredited at the time of its publication—William V. Spanos uncovers a text remarkably suited as a foundation for a "New Americanist" critique of the ideology based on Puritan origins that was codified in the canon established by "Old Americanist" critics from F. O. Matthiessen to Lionel Trilling. But Spanos also shows, with the novel still as his focus, the limitations of this "New Americanist" discourse and its failure to escape the totalizing imperial perspective it finds in its predecessor.Combining Heideggerian ontology with a sociopolitical perspective derived primarily from Foucault, the reading of Moby-Dick that forms the center of this book demonstrates that the traditional identification of Melville’s novel as a "romance" renders it complicitous in the discourse of the Cold War. At the same time, Spanos shows how New Americanist criticism overlooks the degree to which Moby-Dick anticipates not only America’s self-representation as the savior of the world against communism, but also the emergent postmodern and anti-imperial discourse deployed against such an image. Spanos’s critique reveals the extraordinary relevance of Melville’s novel as a post-Cold War text, foreshadowing not only the self-destructive end of the historical formation of the American cultural identity in the genocidal assault on Vietnam, but also the reactionary labeling of the current era as "the end of history."This provocative and challenging study presents not only a new view of the development of literary history in the United States, but a devastating critique of the genealogy of ideology in the American cultural establishment.
Sociology of literature --- Melville, Herman --- Canon (Literature) --- Canon (Literatuur) --- Canons littéraires --- Cold War --- Cold War in literature --- Guerre froide --- Guerre froide dans la littérature --- Koude oorlog --- Koude oorlog in de literatuur --- Literaire canon --- Oorlog [Koude ] --- Literature and society --- United States --- History --- 20th century --- American literature --- History and criticism --- Theory, etc. --- Criticism --- Politics and literature --- Sea stories [American ] --- Influence --- Sea stories, American --- Cold War. --- Melville, Herman, --- Influence. --- Classics, Literary --- Literary canon --- Literary classics --- Best books --- Literature --- World politics --- English literature --- Agrarians (Group of writers) --- American sea stories --- American fiction --- History and criticism&delete& --- Theory, etc --- Melvill, German --- Melville, Hermann --- Meville, Herman --- Melvil, Cherman --- Mai-erh-wei-erh, Ho-erh-man --- Melṿil, Herman --- Tarnmoor, Salvator R. --- מלוויל, הרמן, --- מלויל, הרמן, --- ميلڤيل، هرمن، --- 麥爾維爾, --- Virginian spending July in Vermont, --- Melvill, Herman,
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Actium, Battle of, 31 B.C. --- Actium, Battle of, 31 B.C, in literature --- Latin poetry --- Politics and literature --- War in literature --- Poésie latine --- Politique et littérature --- Guerre dans la littérature --- Historiography --- History and criticism --- History --- Histoire et critique --- Histoire --- Augustus, --- Horace --- Virgil --- Propertius, Sextu --- In literature --- Rome --- Literature and the war --- Historiographie --- Littérature et guerre --- -War in literature --- -Actium, Battle of, 31 B.C, in literature --- -Literature --- Literature and politics --- Literature --- Latin literature --- Political aspects --- Augustus Emperor of Rome --- -Horace --- -Propertius, Sextus --- -Virgil --- -Augustus Emperor of Rome --- -Virgilio Marone, P. --- Vergilius Maro, Publius --- Vergilīĭ --- Virgile --- Vergílio --- Wergiliusz --- Vergilīĭ Maron, P. --- Vergilīĭ Maron, Publīĭ --- Verhiliĭ Maron, P. --- Vergil --- Virgilio --- Virgilīĭ --- Virgilius Maro, P. --- Virgilius Maro, Publius --- Virgil Maro, P. --- ווירגיל --- וירגיליוס --- ורגיליוס --- מרו, פובליוס ורגיליוס --- فرجيل --- Pseudo-Virgil --- Pseudo Virgilio --- Virgilio Marón, Publio --- Bhārjila --- Propertius, Sextus Aurelius --- Properzio, Sesto --- Properce --- Properzio, S. --- Propercio --- Propercio, Sexto Aurelio --- Properz --- Propert︠s︡īĭ, Sekst --- Propertios --- Properci, Sext --- Propercij --- Gorat︠s︡īĭ --- Gorat︠s︡iĭ Flakk, Kvint --- Horacij --- Horacio, --- Horacio Flaco, Q. --- Horacjusz --- Horacjusz Flakkus, Kwintus --- Horacy --- Horatius Flaccus, Quintus --- Horaṭiyos --- Horaṭiyus --- Horats --- Horaz --- Khorat︠s︡iĭ --- Khorat︠s︡iĭ Flak, Kvint --- Orazio --- Orazio Flacco, Quinto --- הוראציוס --- הורטיוס --- Political and social views --- Influence --- -Historiography. --- -Literature and the war. --- -Virgilio Marone, P., --- Vergilīĭ, --- Virgile, --- Vergílio, --- Wergiliusz, --- Vergilīĭ Maron, Publīĭ, --- Verhiliĭ Maron, P., --- Vergil, --- Virgilio, --- Virgilīĭ, --- Virgilius Maro, P., --- Virgilius Maro, Publius, --- Virgil Maro, P., --- ווירגיל, --- וירגיליוס, --- ורגיליוס, --- מרו, פובליוס ורגיליוס, --- فرجيل, --- Pseudo-Virgil, --- Pseudo Virgilio, --- Virgilio Marón, Publio, --- Bhārjila, --- Horacij Flakk, Kvint --- -History and criticism --- -In literature --- -Vergil --- Virgilio Máron, Publio --- Vergili Maronis, Publius --- Poésie latine --- Politique et littérature --- Guerre dans la littérature --- Littérature et guerre --- Actium, Battle of, 31 B.C --- Propertius, Sextus --- Octavius Caesar, --- Gaius Octavius, --- Octavius, Gaius, --- Octavianus, --- Octavianus, Gaius Julius Caesar, --- Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus, --- Octavian, --- Caius Julius Caesar Octavianus, --- T︠S︡ezarʹ Oktavian Avgust, --- Oktavian-Avgust, T︠S︡ezarʹ, --- Avgust, T︠S︡ezarʹ Oktavian, --- Octavianus Augustus, --- Augusto, --- Cesarz August, --- Ogusṭus, --- Augustus Caesar, --- Gaius Octavius Thurinus, --- Octavio Augusto, --- Cayo Octavio Turino, --- Thurinus, Gaius Octavius, --- Turino, Cayo Octavio, --- אוגוסטוס --- Influence. --- In literature. --- Political and social views. --- Rim --- Roman Empire --- Roman Republic (510-30 B.C.) --- Romi (Empire) --- Byzantine Empire --- Rome (Italy) --- Historiography. --- Literature and the war. --- Horatius Flaccus, Q. --- Civil war, 43-31 B.C. --- Rome - History - Civil War, 43-31 B.C. - Literature and the war. --- Rome - History - Civil War, 43-31 B.C. - Historiography. --- Virgilio Marone, P., --- Vergilius Maro, P. --- Vergilius --- Virgilio Marone, P. --- Virgil. --- Marone, Publio Virgilio
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