tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130830332820181818.post7350039619342040568..comments2024-03-27T13:13:25.164-04:00Comments on johnshaplin: Passing the Torch by Hershel Parkerjohnshaplinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17618981988062495637noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130830332820181818.post-44592656697792379682015-01-30T00:11:57.110-05:002015-01-30T00:11:57.110-05:00...by Hershel Parker, for sure, an extraordinary f......by Hershel Parker, for sure, an extraordinary fine pierce of writing for which I take no credit whatsoever. And no one should take the short excerpts I copy on my blog as in anyway sufficient to convey the full cornucopia of interest and learning contained in the books I site. I offer, simply, homage.johnshaplinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17618981988062495637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130830332820181818.post-6868445456685956762013-03-17T14:38:39.043-04:002013-03-17T14:38:39.043-04:00johnshaplin, please can you make it clear that the...johnshaplin, please can you make it clear that the comment also consists of words from my MELVILLE BIOGRAPHY: AN INSIDE NARRATIVE? I worked hard on the "Whew!" construction (think of the synonyms I rejected!) and want full credit!Hershel Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03919613095448470289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130830332820181818.post-5353488476370849402013-02-20T21:51:33.161-05:002013-02-20T21:51:33.161-05:00“All in all, the recent well-nigh obsessive intere...“All in all, the recent well-nigh obsessive interest in sexuality in Melville has been disproportionally focused on homosexuality, sometimes with extreme Marxist ramifications, as in Laurie Robertson-Lorant’s inclusion of Ishmael and Queequeg among ‘ same-sex interracial homosocial couples’ who represent ‘transgressive paradigms of homosocial brotherhood and male intimacy that challenge and seek to subvert the soulless, misogynistic competitive construction of masculinity dictated by the new market capitalism and industrialization.’ Whew! Not one of the British admirers of Melville I memorialize in this chapter could write like that.”johnshaplinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17618981988062495637noreply@blogger.com