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LEADER: 01770cam a2200349 i 4500
001 2013011883
003 DLC
005 20140502082455.0
008 130402s2014 nyu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2013011883
020 $a9781433123535 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020 $z9781453911419 (e-book)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aPS2384.B7$bW43 2014
082 00 $a813/.3$223
100 1 $aWeaver, Russell,$d1949-
245 14 $aThe moral world of Billy Budd /$cRussell Weaver.
264 1 $aNew York :$bPeter Lang,$c[2014]
300 $axviii, 284 pages ;$c24 cm.
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
490 0 $aStudies on themes and motifs in literature ;$vv. 120
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aPreface -- The text's view as gateway to Billy Budd -- The critical heritage -- Acceptance, resistance, and the struggle -- To define Billy Budd -- Brodtkorb: language, mystery and the acceptance of annihilation -- Scorza: Burke, Rousseau and the two narratives of Billy Budd -- Parker: the genetic text and the incompleteness of Billy Budd -- Garner: finding the kernel in the shell -- Wenke: Billy Budd and the pursuit of ambiguity -- The analyses. Billy; Claggart; Vere; The meta-dichotomies; Three dichotomies; "Dreaminess" and the master dichotomy; Winch and the private conscience -- Conclusion -- The moral world of Billy Budd.
600 10 $aMelville, Herman,$d1819-1891.$tBilly Budd.
650 0 $aGood and evil in literature.
650 0 $aComplexity (Philosophy) in literature.
650 0 $aPolarity (Philosophy) in literature.
650 0 $aAmbiguity in literature.
650 0 $aEthics in literature.