The present volume analyzes the political project manifested in the narrative poem by Melville 'Clarel: A Poem and Pilgrimage in the Holy Land'. Published in 1876, this work is centered on the necessities, the possibilities and the difficulties of intersubjectivity as a means to transcend the obstacles posed by individualism and traditional communities. Aquest volum analitza el projecte polític del poema narratiu de Melville 'Clarel: A Poem and Pilgrimage in the Holy Land'. Publicada el 1876, l'obra es centra en la necessitat, les possibilitats i les dificultats de la intersubjectivitat per a la superació de les barreres de l'individualisme i de comunitats tradicionals.
Aquest volum analitza el projecte polític del poema narratiu de Melville ?Clarel: A Poem and Pilgrimage in the Holy Land?. Publicada el 1876, l?obra es centra en la necessitat, les possibilitats i les dificultats de la intersubjectivitat per a la superació de les barreres de l'individualisme i de comunitats tradicionals.
- Cover
- Title page
- Copyright
- Acknowledgements
- Contents
- Prologue
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. Intersubjective Universalism: A Theoretical Articulation
- Chapter 2. Intersubjectivity and Universalism in Herman Melville’s Oeuvre
- Chapter 3. Writing 'Clarel'
- Chapter 4. The Politics of 'Clarel': “Without the Walls”
- Chapter 5. 'Clarel': Poem and Pilgrimage
- Chapter 6. Resonant Contexts: The Holy Land and the United States
- Chapter 7. “Separate thyself from me”: Inter-community Walls
- Chapter 8. Aborted Potentialities: Inter-personal Walls
- Chapter 9. Impossible Intersubjectivity: Impracticable Universalism
- Conclusions
- Bibliography
- Biblioteca Javier Coy d’estudis nord-americans