The exceptionalist state and the state of exception : : Herman Melville's Billy Budd, sailor / / William V. Spanos.
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| Place / Publishing House: | Baltimore : : Johns Hopkins University Press,, 2011. |
| Year of Publication: | 2011 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (229 pages) |
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Table of Contents:
- The 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.