Recasting American and Persian Literatures Local Histories and Formative Geographies from Moby-Dick to Missing Soluch /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Vafa, Amirhossein (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Summary:XV, 204 p. 1 illus. in color.
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Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
Edition:1st ed. 2016.
Series:Literatures and Cultures of the Islamic World,
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-40469-1
Format: Electronic eBook
Table of Contents:
  • 1 Introduction: Towards a Reading of Moby-Dick beyond Tehran
  • 2 Call Me Fedallah: Reading a Proleptic Narrative
  • 3 Call Him Javid: Limning a National Trope
  • 4 Call Her Mergan: Worlding a “Defiant Subject”
  • 5 Conclusion: A Melvillean Vision, Amiru’s Pledge to the World
  • Notes
  • Index.