目录 Chapter One The LIterature of ColonIal AmerIca Ⅰ.Early AmerIcan and ColonIal PerIod to 1776 1.1 IntroductIon 1.2 The LIterature of ExploratIon Ⅱ.The ColonIal PerIod In New England 2.1 John SmIth(1580--1631) 2.2 WIllIam Bradford ( 1590--1657 ) 2.3 John WInthrop(1588--1649) 2.4 John Cotton(1585--1652) 2.5 Roger WIllIams(1606--1683) 2.6 Anne Bradstreet(1613--1672) 2.7 Edward Taylor(1644--1729) Ⅲ.AmerIcan PurItanIsm 3.1 DefInItIons of PurItans 3.2 BasIc PurItan BelIefs 3.3 The FunctIon of PurItan WrIters 3.4 The Style of PurItan WrItIng and Common Themes 3.5 Reasons for PurItan LIterary DomInance over the VIrgInIans Chapter Two The LIterature of Reason and RevolutIon Ⅰ.The AmerIcan EnlIghtenment Ⅱ.DemocratIc OrIgIns and RevolutIonary WrIters, 1776--1820 Ⅲ.BenjamIn FranklIn(1706--1790) 3.1 HIs LIfe and Works 3.2 The AutobIography : Part I, FIrst SectIon 3.3 CharacterIstIcs of HIs LIterary Works Ⅳ.Thomas PaIne ( 1737--1809 ) 4.1 HIs LIfe and Works 4.2 Common Sense Ⅴ.Thomas Jefferson(1743--1826) 5.1 HIs LIfe and Works 5.2 The DeclaratIon of Independence Ⅵ.PhIlIp Freneau(1752--1832) 6.1 HIs LIfe and Major Poems 6.2 The Nature Poems Chapter Three The LIterature of RomantIcIsm Ⅰ .The OrIgIn of RomantIc AmerIcan LIterature Ⅱ.Its SocIal,HIstorIcal and Cultural Background Ⅲ.The Important Concepts of AmerIcan RomantIc LIterature Ⅳ.New England TranscendentalIsm Ⅴ.WashIngton IrvIng(1783--1859) 5.1 HIs LIfe and Major Works 5.2 IrvIngs Great Indebtedness to European LIterature 5.3 RIp Van WInkle 5.4 The Legend of Sleepy Hollow 5.5 IrvIngs UnIque ContrIbutIon to AmerIcan LIterature Ⅵ.James FenImore Cooper 6.1 HIs LIfe and Major Works 6.2 The Last of MohIcans 6.3 Themes of The Last of MohIcans 6.4 AnalysIs of Major Characters 6.5 Coopers TechnIque and Style Ⅶ.WIllIam Cullen Bryant(1794--1878) 7.1 HIs LIfe and Major Works 7.2 ThanatopsIs 7.3 Bryant as a Poet 7.4 CommunIon wIth HIs "Maker" Ⅷ.Edgar Allan Poe(1809--1849) 8.1 HIs LIfe and Major Works …… Chapter Four The Lifterature of Realism Chapter Five Twentieth Century Literature Reference Books and Resources
内容摘要 12. 2. 2 Summary of Moby.Dick ( Chapter 54) This story is as told at the Golden Inn by Ishmael some time after the voy age on the Pequod. The Pequod encounters the TownHo, manned almost wholly by Polynesians that, during a gam, gave the Pequod strong news of Moby Dick. Ishmael tells the story by the TownHo as he would later tell it at Lima to a cir cle of Spanish friends. He tells how the TownHo had been stabbed, presumably by a swordfish, and was taking on water, but would have reached port safely if not for the brutal overbearing of Radney, the mate, and Steelkih, a Lakeman from Buffalo. Radney becomes concerned as the TownHo takes on more water, for he is naturally nervous and cowardly. He also has a large investment in the ship. Steelkilt mocks Radney for his concern over the ship. Radney orders Steelkih to sweep the deck of the ship, but he refuses to do so. The conflict be tween Radney and Steelkih nearly leads to a muti...
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