The exceptionalist state and the state of exception : Herman Melville's Billy Budd, sailor /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Spanos, William V.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011.
Subjects:	Melville, Herman, > 1819-1891 > Knowledge > United States. Melville, Herman, > 1819-1891 > Knowledge > History. Melville, Herman, > 1819-1891 > Political and social views. Melville, Herman, > 1819-1891. > Billy Budd. Literature and history > United States > History > 19th century. Exceptionalism > United States. National characteristics, American, in literature. Imperialism in literature. Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

The late Melville and his historical occasion: prolegomenon to a re-reading of Billy Budd, sailor
The criticism of Billy Budd, sailor: a counter-history
Billy Budd: a symptomatic reading
American exceptionalism and the state of exception after 9/11/01: Melville's proleptic witness.