"The Twisted Mind": Madness in Herman Melville's FictionUniversity of Iowa Press, 1990 - 176 Seiten Drawing from two biographies of Melville, the author explores Melville's exposure to the topic of insanity in his life experiences and his reading. He then traces chronologically the development of the theme in Melville's fiction from Typee and Omoo through The Confidence-Man and Billy Budd, Sailor, finding parallels in Melville's initial fear, his struggle for understanding, and his ultimate acceptance and keen comprehension of insanity. |
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... York City , which contained travel books pur- chased overseas by Allan Melvill and some of the father's school books on astronomy , mineralogy , and botany . In the New York City and Al- bany schools , Melville and his classmates ...
... York City , which contained travel books pur- chased overseas by Allan Melvill and some of the father's school books on astronomy , mineralogy , and botany . In the New York City and Al- bany schools , Melville and his classmates ...
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... York City with his two brothers . Their apart- ment provided adequate room for writing , relative quiet , and access to libraries . The apartment was also located in the midst of big - city scenes and activities . A library was ...
... York City with his two brothers . Their apart- ment provided adequate room for writing , relative quiet , and access to libraries . The apartment was also located in the midst of big - city scenes and activities . A library was ...
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... York City in 1849 , he became more so in Pittsfield in 1851 , especially after the sec- ond child , Stanwix , was born October 22. Everyone was proud of the new boy and the growing family , but the household had to adjust to the new ...
... York City in 1849 , he became more so in Pittsfield in 1851 , especially after the sec- ond child , Stanwix , was born October 22. Everyone was proud of the new boy and the growing family , but the household had to adjust to the new ...
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Chapter Two Scientific Background | 9 |
Chapter Four Insane Figures in Redburn and WhiteJacket | 32 |
MobyDick | 50 |
Urheberrecht | |
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abnormal aboard ship Ahab Ahab's Albany Allan Melvill American appear Arrowhead asylum Babo Bartleby Bartleby the Scrivener behavior Benito Cereno Billy Budd brain Brigham Captain Vere Chapter characters Claggart complex condition Confidence-Man crew Cuticle death delirium tremens delusion described disease disorder effects Elizabeth emotional evidence experiences explains father fear form of moral friends Gabriel Gansevoort Gilman Glendinning hatred Hawthorne Hayford Herman Melville Historical Note ideas indicate insane figures Isabel Ishmael Jackson later Leon Howard letter Leyda Lucy Mardi Maria melancholy Melville's fiction Melville's Reading mental mind Moby-Dick monomania moody moral insanity narrator nature novel obsessed Omoo Penny Cyclopaedia Pequod Peter Gansevoort phrenology Pierre Pierre's Pittsfield Prichard Psychiatric Dictionary psychological Redburn references regarded sailor sane sanity scene Sealts sense Shaw soul stories surgeon tion Tommo Treatise Typee and Omoo uncon unconscious Vere's whaling White-Jacket writing York City York Society Library