Neither believer nor infidel : skepticism and faith in Melville's shorter fiction and poetry / Jonathan A. Cook.
| Author/creator | Cook, Jonathan A., 1953- author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Ithaca [New York] : Northern Illinois University Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2023. |
| Copyright Date | 2023 |
| Description | xi, 267 pages ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | The making of a skeptic: biographical considerations -- Biblical inversion and the ends of Christianity: "Bartleby, the Scrivener" -- Conversion, infatuation, resurrection: Christian salvation in "Cock-a-Doodle-Do!" -- The genealogy of Melville's female Job: Griselda, "Wakefield," Agatha, Hunilla -- Revolutionary skepticism in Israel Potter: the role of Ecclesiastes -- Memorializing the dead in Battle-Pieces: Christian and classical motifs -- "Are ye, gods?" Interrogating the divine in Timoleon, etc. -- Legends of the fall: Genesis, Paradise Lost, Schopenhauer, Billy Budd. |
| Abstract | "The first full-length study to explore the relationship between religious doubt and faith in a broad selection of Herman Melville's short stories, novellas, and poetry"- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Cook, Jonathan A. (Jonathan Alexander), 1953- Neither believer nor infidel. Ithaca [New York] : Northern Illinois University Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2023 9781501770975 |
| Genre/form | Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
| LCCN | 2022051736 |
| ISBN | 9781501770968 |
| ISBN | 1501770969 hardcover |
| ISBN | electronic book |
| ISBN | electronic book |
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