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ROBERT MARTIN K. Hero, Captain, and Stranger MALE FRIENDSHIP, SOCIAL CRITIQUE, AND LITERARY FORM IN THE SEA NOVELS OF HERMAN MELVILLE Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2011 http://www.archive.org/details/herocaptainstranOOmart Hero, Captain, and Stranger ROBERT MARTIN K. Hero, Captain, and Stranger Male Friendship, Social Critique, and Literary Form in the Sea Novels ofHerman Melville THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA PRESS CHAPEL HILL AND LONDON © 1986TheUniversityofNorthCarolinaPress Allrightsreserved ManufacturedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica LibraryofCongressCataloginginPublicationData Martin,RobertK., 1941- Hero,captain,andstranger. Includesindex. 1.Melville,Herman, 1819-1891—Criticismand interpretation. 2. Friendshipinliterature. 3.Men inliterature. 4. Socialproblemsinliterature. — 5. Seastories,American Historyandcriticism. I.Tide. PS2388.F74M3 1986 813'.3 85-8674 ISBN0-8078-1672-8 ISBN0-8078-4146-3 (pbk.) QuotationsfromHermanMelville'smanuscriptof TypeearereproducedbypermissionoftheGansevoort-LansingCollection, MelvilleFamilyAdditions, TheNewYorkPublicLibrary, Astor,LenoxandTUdenFoundations. DesignbyHeidiPerov InMemory of Alexander Come 1896-1978 Contents Preface ix Acknowledgments xiii A Note on the Text xv Introduction 3 A Note on the Use ofthe Term "Homosexual" 12 Chapter 1. The Quest for a Golden Island 17 Facts and Quests 17 Typee: The Structure ofthe Encounters 24 Chapter 2. Chums: The Search for a Friend 40 Redburn: "So Singular a Couple" 41 White-Jacket: "A Brother-Band, Hand in Hand" 58 Chapter 3. Moby-Dick: "Our Hearts5 Honeymoon" 67 Chapter 4. Losing Hope 95 The Dark Years 95 BillyBudd: "But for Fate and Ban" 107 Coda 125 viii Contents Notes 127 Index 141

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