John Bryant's book is a strong and significant argument for the centrality of the comic and repose in Melville's novels. The purpose of Melville and Repose is dual: to ground the uses of romantic humor in Melville in sensitive readings of contemporaneous European and American writings, and to offer a definitive account of the comic as the shaping force of Melville's narrative voice throughout the major phase of his literary career. Bryant argues that Melville fused a "rhetoric of geniality" and "picturesque sensibility" adopted from the British with a "rhetoric of deceit" borrowed...
John Bryant's book is a strong and significant argument for the centrality of the comic and repose in Melville's novels. The purpose of Melville a...
In the space of 24 hours in July 1908, two of the most dramatic events in sporting history came to a climax. As the 2008 London marathon celebrates the centenary of the marathon distance of 26 miles 385 yards this account of heroism, ambition & scandal tells for the first time the story of three remarkable men.
In the space of 24 hours in July 1908, two of the most dramatic events in sporting history came to a climax. As the 2008 London marathon celebrates th...
