Architects of the Abyss: The Indeterminate Fictions of Poe, Hawthorne, and MelvilleA charming book. Little text; hundreds of renderings and photos. Cloth edition ($25) not seen. Pahl (English, Susquehanna U.) challenges traditional approaches to understanding American literature and examines basic assumptions about the role of the literary critic. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
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Page 89
... instance , we encounter another handsome sailor , Harry Bolton , who takes the young Redburn to London to visit one of " the lowest and most squalid haunts of sailor iniquity , " a male brothel.15 Though it cannot be said that Billy is ...
... instance , we encounter another handsome sailor , Harry Bolton , who takes the young Redburn to London to visit one of " the lowest and most squalid haunts of sailor iniquity , " a male brothel.15 Though it cannot be said that Billy is ...
Page 97
... instance , it is a case of Billy's reluctance , rather than his inability , to speak . We should note that Billy's possible involvement in a mutiny plot could explain two earlier questions that seem to mystify the narrator : why Billy ...
... instance , it is a case of Billy's reluctance , rather than his inability , to speak . We should note that Billy's possible involvement in a mutiny plot could explain two earlier questions that seem to mystify the narrator : why Billy ...
Page 102
... instance , who might “ nat- urally abridge " ( 55 ) the more unflattering episodes of their nation's history , this ... instance " that happened fifty years ago in Liverpool , an instance having to do with a " black pagod of a fellow ...
... instance , who might “ nat- urally abridge " ( 55 ) the more unflattering episodes of their nation's history , this ... instance " that happened fifty years ago in Liverpool , an instance having to do with a " black pagod of a fellow ...
Contents
or Poes Mad Lines | 3 |
The Search for Origins | 25 |
The Death of the Author | 41 |
Copyright | |
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