Melville and repose
Subtitle: the rhetoric of humor in the American Renaissance
By: John Bryant.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1993
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 312
Subjects: Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 -- Humor; American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism; Humorous stories, American -- History and criticism; English language -- United States -- Rhetoric; Comic, The, in literature; Narration (Rhetoric)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-297) and index.