The Resource Reading Billy Budd, Hershel Parker
Reading Billy Budd, Hershel Parker
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Resource Information
The item Reading Billy Budd, Hershel Parker represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri-St. Louis Libraries.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- vi, 190 pages
- Contents
-
- Billy Budd as lae masterpiece
- Part One: unfinished MS: from writing-desk to bread-box
- Melville and the historical background pf Billy Budd
- Billy Budd in Melville's late literary milieu
- Billy Budd in Melville's working life
- Preservation and transcription
- Part Two: Billy Budd: from foretopman to sailor
- The dynamics of the canonization of Billy Budd, foretopman
- Close-reading a flawed text
- Textual curiosity in the new critical 1950s
- The Hayford-Sealts edition (1962)
- Part Three: a chapter-by-chapter reading of Billy Budd, Sailor
- The plot of Billy Budd and the politics of interpreting it
- Starting at the end (The ballad)
- Melville's first (and faltering) prose (Chs. 1-2)
- Melville gather is forces (Ch.3)
- The problematical role of Lord Nelson (Chs. 4-5)
- Late-written preparatory scenes (Chs. 6-7) Earlier-written Claggart scenes (Ch. 8-9)
- The Dansker--latecomer to the Claggart scenes (Ch. 10)
- Expansion of the portrait of Claggart (Chs. 11-13)
- Billy and Claggart (Chs. 14-16)
- Melville being Hawthornesque (Ch. 17)
- The accusation (Ch. 18)
- The confrontation (Ch. 19)
- The court martial (Chs. 20-21)
- The private meeting of Billy and Captain Vere (Ch. 22)
- Billy's last night (Chs. 23-24)
- The hanging (Ch. 25)
- The purser and the surgeon (Ch. 26)
- After the hanging (Ch. 27)
- The death of Captain Vere (Ch. 28)
- The news account (Ch. 29) Memories of Billy, and the Ballad (Ch. 30)
- Part Four: Textual problems and interpretation
- Textural problems created by Weaver
- The inherently problematical nature of the text
- Isbn
- 9780810109612
- Label
- Reading Billy Budd
- Title
- Reading Billy Budd
- Statement of responsibility
- Hershel Parker
- Subject
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- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Executions and executioners in literature
- Executions and executioners in literature.
- Impressment in literature
- Impressment in literature.
- Melville, Herman | Billy Budd.
- Billy Budd
- Sailors in literature
- Sailors in literature.
- Sea stories, American -- History and criticism
- Sea stories, American | History and criticism.
- Melville, Herman, 1819-1891
- Language
- eng
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Parker, Hershel
- Dewey number
- 813/.3
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS2384.B7
- LC item number
- P37 1990
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Melville, Herman
- Sea stories, American
- Executions and executioners in literature
- Impressment in literature
- Sailors in literature
- Label
- Reading Billy Budd, Hershel Parker
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-190)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Billy Budd as lae masterpiece -- Part One: unfinished MS: from writing-desk to bread-box -- Melville and the historical background pf Billy Budd -- Billy Budd in Melville's late literary milieu -- Billy Budd in Melville's working life -- Preservation and transcription -- Part Two: Billy Budd: from foretopman to sailor -- The dynamics of the canonization of Billy Budd, foretopman -- Close-reading a flawed text -- Textual curiosity in the new critical 1950s -- The Hayford-Sealts edition (1962) -- Part Three: a chapter-by-chapter reading of Billy Budd, Sailor -- The plot of Billy Budd and the politics of interpreting it -- Starting at the end (The ballad) -- Melville's first (and faltering) prose (Chs. 1-2) -- Melville gather is forces (Ch.3) -- The problematical role of Lord Nelson (Chs. 4-5) -- Late-written preparatory scenes (Chs. 6-7) Earlier-written Claggart scenes (Ch. 8-9) -- The Dansker--latecomer to the Claggart scenes (Ch. 10) -- Expansion of the portrait of Claggart (Chs. 11-13) -- Billy and Claggart (Chs. 14-16) -- Melville being Hawthornesque (Ch. 17) -- The accusation (Ch. 18) -- The confrontation (Ch. 19) -- The court martial (Chs. 20-21) -- The private meeting of Billy and Captain Vere (Ch. 22) -- Billy's last night (Chs. 23-24) -- The hanging (Ch. 25) -- The purser and the surgeon (Ch. 26) -- After the hanging (Ch. 27) -- The death of Captain Vere (Ch. 28) -- The news account (Ch. 29) Memories of Billy, and the Ballad (Ch. 30) -- Part Four: Textual problems and interpretation -- Textural problems created by Weaver -- The inherently problematical nature of the text
- Control code
- 22625348
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- vi, 190 pages
- Isbn
- 9780810109612
- Isbn Type
- (cloth : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 90021487
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (WaOLN)1384795
- Label
- Reading Billy Budd, Hershel Parker
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-190)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Billy Budd as lae masterpiece -- Part One: unfinished MS: from writing-desk to bread-box -- Melville and the historical background pf Billy Budd -- Billy Budd in Melville's late literary milieu -- Billy Budd in Melville's working life -- Preservation and transcription -- Part Two: Billy Budd: from foretopman to sailor -- The dynamics of the canonization of Billy Budd, foretopman -- Close-reading a flawed text -- Textual curiosity in the new critical 1950s -- The Hayford-Sealts edition (1962) -- Part Three: a chapter-by-chapter reading of Billy Budd, Sailor -- The plot of Billy Budd and the politics of interpreting it -- Starting at the end (The ballad) -- Melville's first (and faltering) prose (Chs. 1-2) -- Melville gather is forces (Ch.3) -- The problematical role of Lord Nelson (Chs. 4-5) -- Late-written preparatory scenes (Chs. 6-7) Earlier-written Claggart scenes (Ch. 8-9) -- The Dansker--latecomer to the Claggart scenes (Ch. 10) -- Expansion of the portrait of Claggart (Chs. 11-13) -- Billy and Claggart (Chs. 14-16) -- Melville being Hawthornesque (Ch. 17) -- The accusation (Ch. 18) -- The confrontation (Ch. 19) -- The court martial (Chs. 20-21) -- The private meeting of Billy and Captain Vere (Ch. 22) -- Billy's last night (Chs. 23-24) -- The hanging (Ch. 25) -- The purser and the surgeon (Ch. 26) -- After the hanging (Ch. 27) -- The death of Captain Vere (Ch. 28) -- The news account (Ch. 29) Memories of Billy, and the Ballad (Ch. 30) -- Part Four: Textual problems and interpretation -- Textural problems created by Weaver -- The inherently problematical nature of the text
- Control code
- 22625348
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- vi, 190 pages
- Isbn
- 9780810109612
- Isbn Type
- (cloth : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 90021487
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (WaOLN)1384795
Subject
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Executions and executioners in literature
- Executions and executioners in literature.
- Impressment in literature
- Impressment in literature.
- Melville, Herman | Billy Budd.
- Billy Budd
- Sailors in literature
- Sailors in literature.
- Sea stories, American -- History and criticism
- Sea stories, American | History and criticism.
- Melville, Herman, 1819-1891
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