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Melville among the Philosophers

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For more than a century readers have found Herman Melville's writing rich with philosophical ideas, yet there has been relatively little written about what, exactly, is philosophically significant about his work and why philosophers are so attracted to Melville in particular. This volume addresses this silence through a series of essays that: (1) examine various philosophical contexts for Melville's work, (2) take seriously Melville's writings as philosophy, and (3) consider how modern philosophers have used Melville and the implications of appropriating Melville for contemporary thought. Melville among the Philosophers is ultimately an intervention across literary studies and philosophy that carves new paths into the work of one of America's most celebrated authors, a man who continues to enchant and challenge readers well into the twenty-first century.
Introduction: Melville's Silence Corey McCall & Tom Nurmi I. Melville as Philosopher "In Voiceless Visagelessness": The Disenchanted Landscape of Clarel Troy Jollimore Platonic and Nietzschean Themes of Transformation in Moby-Dick Mark Anderson Passion, Reverie, Disaster, Joy: What Philosophers Learn at Sea Edward F. Mooney Outlandish Lands: Melville's Pierre and the Democratic Ambiguity of Space and Time Jason M. Wirth Beasts, Sovereigns, Pirates: Melville's "Enchanted Isles" Beyond the Picturesque Gary Shapiro On Religion and the Strangeness of Speech: Typee as a 'Peep' Tracy B. Strong II. Inheriting Melville Melville's Phenomenology of Gender: Critical Reflections on C.L.R. James' Mariners, Renegades, Castaways and Paget Henry's Caliban's Reason Marilyn Nissim-Sabat Decolonial Options in Moby-Dick Kris Sealey "Benito Cereno," or, the American Chronotope of Slavery Eduardo Mendieta The European Authorization of American Literature and Philosophy: After Cavell, Reading Bartleby with Deleuze, then Ranciere David LaRocca Afterword: A Time to Break the Philosophic Silencing of Melville Cornel West
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