Melville's Quarrel With God / / Lawrance Roger Thompson.
In this radical reinterpretation, Mr. Thompson argues that Melville, seeking to disguise his agonized conviction of the cruelty and malice of God, consistently satirized Christian doctrine. He endeavors to show that Melville resorted to literary deceptions that could simultaneously hoodwink and sati...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1931-1979 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015] ©1952 |
Year of Publication: | 2015 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Princeton Legacy Library ;
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (484 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- TO THE READER
- FRUIT OF THAT FORBIDDEN TREE
- EDEN REVISITED
- QUEST FOR ATONEMENT
- THREE PHASES OF DISILLUSIONMENT
- SLASHING THE JACKET
- DARK CONFESSIONS
- WICKED BOOK
- GOD'S STONY HEART
- SWINDLES AS GOD'S AGENT
- CHRONIC REPULSE
- DIVINE DEPRAVITY
- CONCLUSION
- NOTES
- INDEX