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contents Acknowledgments xi Abbreviations xv 1 Late Melville and His Historical Occasion: Prolegomenon to a Rereading of Billy Budd, Sailor 1 2 Criticism of Billy Budd, Sailor: A Counterhistory 36 3 Billy Budd: A Symptomatic Reading 75 4 American Exceptionalism and the State of Exception after 9/11: Melville’s Proleptic Witness 141 Notes 165 Index 205 This page intentionally left blank ...

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