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==Academic analysis== [[Lawrence Buell (academic)|Lawrence Buell]] suggested that ''Typee'' has interesting textual and metatextual elements implying that Melville was aiming for trans-Atlantic audiences. Buell specifically identifies Melville's portrayal of indigenous Polynesian religions as appealing on the one hand to assuage British concern for "veracity" in their reading and on the other skewering American "religious excess."<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Buell |first1=Lawrence |title=Melville and the Question of American Decolonization |journal=American Literature |date=June 1992 |volume=64 |issue=2}}</ref>
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