
| 这是一本兼具学术性和普及性的麦尔维尔的导读书。本书在分析和阐述麦尔维尔文本世界的同时,特别关注批评视阈中麦尔维尔形象。海斯用适当篇幅对麦尔维尔研究的形成、发展及其国际影响做了简要描述,重点介绍了各个不同时期研究麦尔维尔的代表人物和著作,基本上勾勒出自传记批评以来麦尔维尔在欧美的流传情形以及研究的发展轨迹,凸显了麦尔维尔研究的学术内涵。海斯对麦尔维尔在批评界的沉浮以及不同时期他的作品所传达的不同意义所做的归纳与分析给研究者展示了一个意义纷呈的麦尔维尔阅读世界。 |
| Preface Abbreviations Chapter 1 Life Chapter 2 Contexts The existential context The historical context The urban context The visual context The psychological context The American context The context of labor The context of slavery The world context The imaginative context Chapter 3 Writings The faces of Typee Omoo: the rover as flaneur Becoming a great writer: Mardi, Redburn,White-Jacket Confronting Moby-Dick Pierre. the making of a tragic hero Private letters Rewriting history: Israel Potter and “Benito Cereno” Modern man: “The Lightning-Rod Man,” The Confidence-Man, “Bartleby, the Scrivener” Contents Battle-Pieces: the voices of war Clarel, an American epic The return to prose: Burgundy Club sketches,John Marr Billy Budd: visions and revisions Chapter 4 Reception Notes Guide to further reading Index |
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