Beyond the Classroom: Essays on American AuthorsUniversity of Missouri Press, 1996 - Всего страниц: 267 Merton M. Sealts, Jr., a long-respected scholar and teacher of Emerson and Melville, has written, "I shall never tire of such writers, nor absorb all that they have to teach." This new collection of Sealts's essays reflects his many years of classroom experience and ongoing scholarship since his retirement in 1982. Most of these essays were originally delivered as public lectures before diverse audiences beyond the classroom; others first appeared in study pamphlets and as chapters of books. These lucid essays, though varied in subject, have the commonality of an emphasis on teaching. The first essay, entitled "Emerson as Teacher," demonstrates how Emerson "provoked and inspired and educated his students--and his students' students." In the most recently written essays Sealts deals with four of Emerson's contemporaries--Whitman, Thoreau, Hawthorne, and Melville--who responded variously to Emerson's teachings. A common thread among these four essays is each author's distinctive use of first-person narration. Teachers of literature at every level will greatly benefit from these highly readable discussions, which illustrate practical strategies for reading and teaching literary works. Included in the appendixes are questions for the study of Melville's Bartleby, Benito Cereno, and Billy Budd, Sailor, which are also treated in individual essays. |
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... captain , falsely charges Billy with fomenting mutiny , and repeats the accusation to Billy himself during a confrontation in Captain Vere's cabin . Amazed and horrified by the groundless charge , Billy is unable to speak and defend ...
... Captain Vere's actions as a naval comman- der can both be evaluated . But in view of the actual development of the Billy Budd manuscript , the informed critic must keep in mind that from its very beginnings , in the original ballad ...
... Captain Vere and his actions rather than on other elements of the story , it would be well for future commentators to approach Vere less as the object of ideological attack or defense and more as a dramatic character . Once Melville ...
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Melville and Whitman | 15 |
Herman Melvilles Bartleby | 21 |
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