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" The composition of Herman Melville / "
Rick Mitchell.
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BL
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995606
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b749976
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| Main Entry
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Mitchell, Rick, (Richard W.)
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The composition of Herman Melville /\ Rick Mitchell.
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| Publication Statement
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Bristol, UK ;Portland, OR :: Intellect,, 2002.
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1 online resource (vii, 96 pages)
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1841508292
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1280476664
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1841500674
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9781280476662
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9781841500676
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| Contents
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ACT II; Preliminaries; Author Information & Dedication; Acknowledgements; Explanatory Notes; ACT I.
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| Abstract
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This play, which contains biographical information relating to Herman Melville, is fundamentally an exploration of the ways in which these two things take place. The play admits the truth of Walter Benjamin's view of history as ''time filled by the presence of the now''. Parallels between past and present (e.g., racism, domestic abuse, and the plight of the visionary American artist) are clearly implied, but the play also utilizes new technologies, in particular video, in order to represent the kind of dialectical history and representation promoted by Benjamin. During Melville's lifetime, and.
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Melville, Herman,1819-1891
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Melville, Herman,1819-1891
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FICTION-- General.
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812.54
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PS3563.I795C6 2002eb
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