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Title The exceptionalist state and the state of exception : Herman Melville's Billy Budd, sailor / William V. Spanos.

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Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011.

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe ProQuest E-Book	Electronic Book	---	Available

Description	1 online resource (229 pages)
	text rdacontent
	computer rdamedia
	online resource rdacarrier
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	The late Melville and his historical occasion: prolegomenon to a re-reading of Billy Budd, sailor -- The criticism of Billy Budd, sailor: a counter-history -- Billy Budd: a symptomatic reading -- American exceptionalism and the state of exception after 9/11/01: Melville's proleptic witness.
Note	Description based on print version record.
Subject	Melville, Herman, 1819-1891. Billy Budd.
	Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 -- Political and social views.
	Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 -- Knowledge -- History.
	Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 -- Knowledge -- United States.
	Imperialism in literature.
	National characteristics, American, in literature.
	Exceptionalism -- United States.
	Literature and history -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Spanos, William V. Exceptionalist state and the state of exception : Herman Melville's Billy Budd, sailor. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011 xvi, 210 pages ; 24 cm 9780801898495
ISBN	9780801898495 (hardcover : alk. paper)
	0801898498 (hardcover : alk. paper)
	9780801899348 (electronic bk.)