Episodes
Wednesday Mar 01, 2017
Episode 5: Omoo 1: Jailhouse Blues
Wednesday Mar 01, 2017
Wednesday Mar 01, 2017
I continue my study of Herman Melville's Omoo. In this part of the novel, our characters are put in a jail for sailors in punishment for resisting work. Their life in jail is partially a lesson in working class hyjinks and partially a lesson in class discipline.
Sunday Feb 26, 2017
Episode 4: Omoo: I Prefer Not to Sail
Sunday Feb 26, 2017
Sunday Feb 26, 2017
Herman Melville's second novel Omoo explores the vagabonds and wanderers of the colonial Pacific. But before our heroes can join that cast of fascinating figures, they will need to find a way off of their ship and away from their captain.
Enjoy as work resistance becomes rebellion.
Saturday Feb 25, 2017
Episode 3: Typee-Conclusion
Saturday Feb 25, 2017
Saturday Feb 25, 2017
In this episode, I complete my analysis of Herman Melville's Typee and explore some of the major themes of the novel. We say goodbye to the Marqueses, for now.
Wednesday Feb 22, 2017
Episode 2: Sailor Ethnography
Wednesday Feb 22, 2017
Wednesday Feb 22, 2017
In the second hundred pages of Herman Melvill'e Typee, our narrator settles into life with the cannibal Typee and decides to become an anthropologist.
Sunday Feb 19, 2017
Episode 1: Starting in the Pacific
Sunday Feb 19, 2017
Sunday Feb 19, 2017
Welcome to the first episode of the American Writers: One Hundred Pages at a Time podcast. In this first episode we explore the first 100 pages of Herman Melville's first novel, Typee.