Cannibal old me : spoken sources in Melville's early works

Publication Data

• Title Cannibal old me : spoken sources in Melville's early works
• Author Mary K. Bercaw Edwards
• Publisher Kent State University Press
• Publication date 2009
• Publication location Kent, Ohio
• Language English

Contents

Introduction
"Where the wild things are" : questioning Typee
"Six months at sea! Yes, reader, as I live" : sailor talk
"They say they don't like sailor's flesh, it's too salt" : cannibal talk
"Their gestures shame the very brutes" : missionary talk
"Cannibal old me" : the development of Melville's narrative voice.

Topics

• Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 :: Technique
• Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 :: Travel :: South Pacific Ocean
• Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 :: Knowledge :: Language and languages
• 014783660

Cannibal old me : spoken sources in Melville's early works by Mary K. Bercaw Edwards. ISBN 9780873389785. Published by Kent State University Press in 2009. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.