After the Whale
by Clark Davis
Title:
After the Whale
Author:
Clark Davis
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
248 pages
Publisher:
The University of Alabama Press
ISBN-13:
9780817360719
EAN:
9780817360719
Publication Date:
23/02/2021
Classifications:
Literature: history and criticism
Weight (g):
510
Dimensions (mm):
228 x 153 x 20
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Price:£28.79
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Description
Focuses on Melville's vision of the purpose and function of language from Moby-Dick through Billy Budd with a special emphasis on how language - in function and form - follows and depends on the function and form of the body, how Melville's attitude toward words echoes his attitude toward fish.
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