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Author Mitchell, Rick (Richard W.)

Title The composition of Herman Melville / Rick Mitchell
Published Bristol, UK ; Portland, OR : Intellect, 2002

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Description 1 online resource (vii, 96 pages)
Contents ACT II; Preliminaries; Author Information & Dedication; Acknowledgements; Explanatory Notes; ACT I
Summary This play, which contains biographical information relating to Herman Melville, is fundamentally an exploration of the ways in which these two things take place. The play admits the truth of Walter Benjamin's view of history as ''time filled by the presence of the now''. Parallels between past and present (e.g., racism, domestic abuse, and the plight of the visionary American artist) are clearly implied, but the play also utilizes new technologies, in particular video, in order to represent the kind of dialectical history and representation promoted by Benjamin. During Melville's lifetime, and
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In International bibliography of theatre & dance with full text. Ipswich, MA. EBSCO Pub., 2005-
Subject Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 -- Drama
SUBJECT Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 fast
Subject FICTION -- General.
Genre/Form Drama
Form Electronic book
ISBN 1841508292
9781841508290