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White-jacket Herman Melville

White-jacket By Herman Melville

White-jacket by Herman Melville


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Based on Melville's own experiences as an ordinary seaman on a man-of-war, this book, first published in 1850, was a success both as a story and as an expose of certain naval practices of which the public was only dimly aware.

White-jacket Summary

White-jacket: Or, The World in a Man-of-war by Herman Melville

In 1843, after three years of voyaging in the South Seas, Melville signed up as an ordinary seaman on the man-of-war United States , and headed for home. What he observed on that trip formed the basis of White-Jacket , a success both as a story and as an expos 'e of certain naval practices of which the public was only dimly aware. Melville's subtitle, `The World in a Man-of-War', points to its broad theme: the autocratic, male regime aboard the Neversink is perhaps no more than a microcosm of pre-Civil War America. But under his scandalized liberalism, his desire to expose and to reform a barbaric system which reflects badly on the Declaration of Independence, runs an unspoken connection. The treatment meted out to the white men on the man-of-war is the same as that experienced by black slaves in every state. With hindsight, Melville's novel is double-edged. This is the only paperback edition currently available. This book is intended for general; students at undergraduate level following courses on American literature. explanatory notes by: Dugdale, John;

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CIN0192818287G
9780192818287
0192818287
White-jacket: Or, The World in a Man-of-war by Herman Melville
Used - Good
Paperback
Oxford University Press
1990-11-08
482
N/A
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