{"product_id":"melvilles-anatomies-samuel-otter-9780520205826","title":"Melville's Anatomies","description":"In fascinating new contextual readings of four of Herman Melville's novels-\u003ci\u003eTypee\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWhite-Jacket, Moby-Dick\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePierre\u003c\/i\u003e-Samuel Otter delves into Melville's exorbitant prose to show how he anatomizes ideology, making it palpable and strange. Otter portrays Melville as deeply concerned with issues of race, the body, gender, sentiment, and national identity. He articulates a range of contemporary texts (narratives of travelers, seamen, and slaves; racial and aesthetic treatises; fiction; poetry; and essays) in order to flesh out Melville's discursive world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOtter presents Melville's works as \"inside narratives\" offering material analyses of consciousness. Chapters center on the tattooed faces in \u003ci\u003eTypee\u003c\/i\u003e, the flogged bodies in \u003ci\u003eWhite-Jacket\u003c\/i\u003e, the scrutinized heads in \u003ci\u003eMoby-Dick\u003c\/i\u003e, and the desiring eyes and eloquent, constricted hearts of \u003ci\u003ePierre\u003c\/i\u003e. Otter shows how Melville's books tell of the epic quest to know the secrets of the human body. Rather than dismiss contemporary beliefs about race, self, and nation, Melville inhabits them, acknowledging their appeal and examining their sway.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMeticulously researched and brilliantly argued, this groundbreaking study links Melville's words to his world and presses the relations between discourse and ideology. It will deeply influence all future studies of Melville and his work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Samuel Otter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520205820\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520205826\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/05\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 418\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.36lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 6.48w x 1.10d","brand":"Samuel Otter","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43919938224383,"sku":"9780520205826","price":36.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_9c6e7bc7-8dce-428a-9e7e-3b74f81401d4.jpg?v=1680812738","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/melvilles-anatomies-samuel-otter-9780520205826","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}