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This book is aimed at both philosophers and scholars of American literature who wish to reexamine the philosophical depth of Melville's writings. Contributions deal with various philosophical aspects of Melville's work, including well-known texts such as Moby-Dick as well as lesser-known works such as Pierre, "The Encantadas,"and Clarel.
List of contents
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 C
About the author
Corey McCall is associate professor of philosophy at Elmira College.Tom Nurmi is assistant professor of English at Montana State University Billings.Mark B. Anderson is professor at Tarrant County College.Marilyn Nissim-Sabat is professor emeritus of philosophy at Lewis University and the author of Neither Victim Nor Survivor. She is presently working on a book to be titled Arendt and Husserl: Phenomenology, Totalitarianism, and the Banality of Evil. Nissim-Sabat has published book chapters on the work of thinkers including Lewis Gordon, Richard Wright, and Herman Melville as well as written numerous book reviews and articles on philosophy and psychoanalysis. Kris F. Sealey is professor of philosophy at Penn State University. She is the author of Creolizing the Nation and Moments of Disruption: Levinas, Sartre, and the Question of Transcendence.
Summary
This book is aimed at both philosophers and scholars of American literature who wish to reexamine the philosophical depth of Melville’s writings. Contributions deal with various philosophical aspects of Melville’s work, including well-known texts such as Moby-Dick as well as lesser-known works such as Pierre, “The Encantadas,” and Clarel.
