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001 2010019682
003 DLC
005 20110611082735.0
008 100512s2011 mdu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2010019682
020 $a9780801898495 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020 $a0801898498 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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050 00 $aPS2384.B7$bS55 2011
082 00 $a813/.3$222
100 1 $aSpanos, William V.
245 14 $aThe exceptionalist state and the state of exception :$bHerman Melville's Billy Budd, sailor /$cWilliam V. Spanos.
260 $aBaltimore :$bJohns Hopkins University Press,$c2011.
300 $axvi, 210 p. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aThe 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.
600 10 $aMelville, Herman,$d1819-1891.$tBilly Budd.
600 10 $aMelville, Herman,$d1819-1891$xPolitical and social views.
600 10 $aMelville, Herman,$d1819-1891$xKnowledge$xHistory.
600 10 $aMelville, Herman,$d1819-1891$xKnowledge$xUnited States.
650 0 $aImperialism in literature.
650 0 $aNational characteristics, American, in literature.
650 0 $aExceptionalism$zUnited States.
650 0 $aLiterature and history$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century.