Melvillean_Parasites.pdf

• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cappelen Damm Akademisk/NOASP (Nordic Open Access Scholarly Publishing) 2023

Melvillean Parasites addresses an aspect of Herman Melville’s authorship largely overlooked by previous scholars: the abundance of narrators and characters in his writings in search of food—an aim they typically pursue through sponging off the people they encounter. Deploying the conceptual figur...