{"product_id":"mariners-renegades-and-castaways-the-story-of-herman-melville-and-the-world-we-live-in-paperback","title":"Mariners, Renegades and Castaways: The Story of Herman Melville and the World We Live In - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eC. L. R. James\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA new edition of a major work of literary and cultural criticism restores C. L. R. James's reflections about \u003ci\u003eMoby Dick\u003c\/i\u003e and political persecution. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Political theorist and cultural critic, novelist, and cricket enthusiast, C. L. R. James (1901-89) was a brilliant polymath who was described by Edward Said as \"a centrally important twentieth-century figure.\" Through such landmark works as \u003ci\u003eThe Black Jacobins\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBeyond a Boundary\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAmerican Civilization\u003c\/i\u003e, James's thought continues to influence and inspire scholars in a variety of fields. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this complete edition of his seminal work of literary and cultural criticism, \u003ci\u003eMariners, Renegades, and Castaways\u003c\/i\u003e, James anticipated many of the concerns and ideas that have shaped the contemporary fields of American and postcolonial studies. In this provocative study of \u003ci\u003eMoby Dick\u003c\/i\u003e in which he challenged the prevailing Americanist interpretation that opposed a \"totalitarian\" Ahab and a \"democratic, American\" Ishmael, James offers instead a vision of a factory-like Pequod whose \"captain of industry\" leads the crew to their doom. In addition to demonstrating how such an interpretation supported the United States' emerging national security state, he also related the narrative of \u003ci\u003eMoby Dick\u003c\/i\u003e to his own persecuted position at the height of McCarthyism. It is precisely this personal, deeply original material that was excised from the first edition of this book. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With a new foreword by Professor Chanda Prescod-Weinstein--theoretical physicist, advocate for a just science, and James's granddaughter--and an introduction by Professor Donald E. Pease at Dartmouth College that places the work in its critical and cultural context, \u003ci\u003eMariners, Renegades, and Castaways\u003c\/i\u003e is once again available in a new edition.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eC. L. R. James\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Trinidad in 1901 and moved to England in 1932. He was a leading Marxist theorist, a founder of the Pan-African movement, a cricket correspondent for the \u003ci\u003eManchester Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, and the author of numerous books, including the influential history of the Haitian slave rebellion, \u003ci\u003eThe Black Jacobins\u003c\/i\u003e. From 1938 to 1953 he lived in the United States, where he wrote, lectured, and organized for the Socialist Worker's Party and cofounded the Johnson-Forest Tendency, a Marxist group. Arrested for \"passport violations,\" James was confined on Ellis Island, where he wrote \u003ci\u003eMariners, Renegades, and Castaways\u003c\/i\u003e. Deported from the United States, he spent the rest of his life in England and Trinidad.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 216\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.54 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 16, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53336982061421,"sku":"9781684582792","price":41.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1001\/0823\/9213\/files\/Qum37QLvaL9781684582792.webp?v=1778922812","url":"https:\/\/cleanfreaklab.myshopify.com\/products\/mariners-renegades-and-castaways-the-story-of-herman-melville-and-the-world-we-live-in-paperback","provider":"Clean Freak Lab","version":"1.0","type":"link"}