The exceptionalist state and the state of exception : Herman Melville's Billy Budd, sailor /
Spanos, William V.
Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press,
2011.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Late Melville and his historical occasion: prolegomenon to a re-reading of Billy Budd, sailor -- Criticism of Billy Budd, sailor: a counterhistory -- Billy Budd: a symptomatic reading -- American exceptionalism and the state of exception after 9/11: Melville's proleptic witness.
Melville, Herman, 1819-1891.
Melville, Herman, 1819-1891
Melville, Herman, 1819-1891
Melville, Herman, 1819-1891
Imperialism in literature.
National characteristics, American, in literature.
Exceptionalism
Literature and history