Herman Melville an Introduction - Brossura

Kelley, Wyn

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ISBN 10: 1405131586 ISBN 13: 9781405131582

Casa editrice: John Wiley & Sons, 2008

Riassunto

This unique introduction explores Herman Melville as he described himself in Billy Budd-"a writer whom few know." Moving beyond the recurring depiction of Melville as the famous author of Moby-Dick, this book traces his development as a writer while providing the basic tools for successful critical reading of his novels.

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• Offers a brief introduction to Melville, covering all his major works
  
• Showcases Melville's writing process through his correspondence with Nathaniel Hawthorne
  
• Provides a clear sense of Melville's major themes and preoccupations
  
• Focuses on Typee, Moby-Dick, and Billy Budd in individual chapters
  
• Includes a biography, summary of key works, interpretation, commentary, and an extensive bibliography.

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Recensione

In Herman Melville: An Introduction, Wyn Kelley offers new and sharp insights as well as the basics of Melville studies in a thoroughly engaging voice for all readers, undergraduate and above.
John Bryant, Hofstra University

L'autore

Wyn Kelley is a Senior Lecturer in the Literature Faculty at MIT. She is the author of Melville's City: Literary and Urban Form in Nineteenth-Century New York (1996) and editor of A Companion to Herman Melville (Blackwell, 2006) and an edition of Benito Cereno 2006, and has also written a number of essays on Melville. She is Associate Director of the Melville Society journal Leviathan.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: John Wiley & Sons
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1405131586
• ISBN 13: 9781405131582
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 244