One Insular Tahiti
Author | : Thea Atkinson |
Publisher | : Thea Atkinson |
Total Pages | : 339 |
Release | : |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Thea Atkinson |
Publisher | : Thea Atkinson |
Total Pages | : 339 |
Release | : |
Genre | : Fiction |
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Author | : William B. Dillingham |
Publisher | : University of Georgia Press |
Total Pages | : 464 |
Release | : 1986 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9780820307992 |
The confidence-man and alchemy -- Keeping true: Billy Budd, sailor.
Author | : Roseline Ngcheong-Lum |
Publisher | : Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC |
Total Pages | : 146 |
Release | : 2017-07-15 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1502627418 |
Tahiti is a paradise in the Pacific Ocean, but what how did it become a country? This book explores the origins of Tahiti and its place in modern society. It examines cultural aspects such as language, religion, history, and economy. Full of colorful photographs and detailed, up-to-date information, this book is a fantastic resource for young readers wanting to learn more about the countries of the world.
Author | : William B. Dillingham |
Publisher | : University of Georgia Press |
Total Pages | : 406 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 0820332712 |
This study treats comprehensively the sixteen short works of fiction that Herman Melville wrote between 1853 and 1856, most of which were published in Harper's and Putnam's magazines. Concentrating on the writer's two basic motivations for writing as he did in these stories, Dillingham argues that Melville created a surface of almost inane congeniality in many of the works, an illusion of vapidity that camouflages a profundity often missed by his readers. He sought to to hide disturbing themes because the magazines for which he was writing would almost certainly have rejected his attempts to be more direct. Dillingham's method is not, however, confined to a reading of the texts. Melville's stories contain so many allusions to the contemporary scene that they constitute in themselves a cultural study. An important contribution of Melville's Short Fiction is its discussion of these allusions. Finally, Dillingham examines the relationship between the short fiction and Melville's own life. Much of the writer's frustration and struggle is concealed in these early works. Melville's friendship with Hawthorne, for example, an intense and yet in some ways disappointing relationship for both men, is explored as an important influence on several of the stories.
Author | : William B. Dillingham |
Publisher | : University of Georgia Press |
Total Pages | : 178 |
Release | : 2008-08-01 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 0820332607 |
An Artist in the Rigging is a study of Herman Melville's early novels--Typee, Omoo, Mardi, Redburn, and White-Jacket. The author considers these fictions from the standpoint of thematic relationship rather than of chronological development. He shows that while the five hero-narrators are separate and distinct entities, they have much in common and can be seen as representing different facets of an emergent composite hero-from the sensitive and restless young man who leaves home to search hungrily for experience, to the wanderer immersed in a deep probing of himself and his world. The hero's thirst for psychological independence--what comes to be his overriding ambition--is never satisfied, and destruction becomes inevitable, culminating in a paradoxical "apotheosis" in which the narrator-hero achieves this independence, but only at the expense of his humanity. Dillingham persuasively demonstrates the interrelated qualities of these five novels, and in so doing he shows that the young Melville was a far greater literary artist than he gave himself credit for being. This fiction constitutes a powerful achievement in richness of texture, range of effect, and depth of characterization, as An Artist in the Rigging makes clear.
Author | : Herman Melville |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 576 |
Release | : 1892 |
Genre | : Adventure stories |
ISBN | : |
A literary classic that wasn't recognized for its merits until decades after its publication, Herman Melville's Moby-Dick tells the tale of a whaling ship and its crew, who are carried progressively further out to sea by the fiery Captain Ahab. Obsessed with killing the massive whale, which had previously bitten off Ahab's leg, the seasoned seafarer steers his ship to confront the creature, while the rest of the shipmates, including the young narrator, Ishmael, and the harpoon expert, Queequeg, must contend with their increasingly dire journey. The book invariably lands on any short list of the greatest American novels.
Author | : Robert Zoellner |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 302 |
Release | : 2023-11-10 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 0520313267 |
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1973.
Author | : Ben Towle |
Publisher | : Oni Press |
Total Pages | : 172 |
Release | : 2015-10-07 |
Genre | : Comics & Graphic Novels |
ISBN | : 1620102633 |
Ben Towle’s critically acclaimed, Eisner-nominated comic finally comes to print! In the coastal town of Blood's Haven, the economy runs on oysters. Oyster farming is one of the most lucrative professions, but also the most dangerous. Not just from the unforgiving ocean and its watery depths—there are also oyster pirates to worry about! Commander Davidson Bulloch and his motley crew are tasked with capturing these ne'er-do-wells—but they don't know that Treacher Fink, the pirates' leader, possesses a magical artifact that can call forth a legendary spirit with the power to control the sea and everything in it!
Author | : Nathaniel Philbrick |
Publisher | : National Geographic Books |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2013-09-24 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 0143123971 |
A “brilliant and provocative” (The New Yorker) celebration of Melville’s masterpiece—from the bestselling author of In the Heart of the Sea, Valiant Ambition, and In the Hurricane's Eye One of the greatest American novels finds its perfect contemporary champion in Why Read Moby-Dick?, Nathaniel Philbrick’s enlightening and entertaining tour through Melville’s classic. As he did in his National Book Award–winning bestseller In the Heart of the Sea, Philbrick brings a sailor’s eye and an adventurer’s passion to unfolding the story behind an epic American journey. He skillfully navigates Melville’s world and illuminates the book’s humor and unforgettable characters—finding the thread that binds Ishmael and Ahab to our own time and, indeed, to all times. An ideal match between author and subject, Why Read Moby-Dick? will start conversations, inspire arguments, and make a powerful case that this classic tale waits to be discovered anew. “Gracefully written [with an] infectious enthusiasm…”—New York Times Book Review
Author | : David Stanley |
Publisher | : David Stanley |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : French Polynesia |
ISBN | : 9780918373335 |