Herman Melville: An IntroductionISBN: 978-1-4051-3157-5
Hardcover
248 pages
February 2008, Wiley-Blackwell
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- Offers a brief introduction to Melville, covering all his major
works
- Provides a clear sense of Melville’s major themes and
preoccupations
- Focuses on Typee, Moby-Dick, and Billy Budd in
individual chapters
- Showcases Melville’s writing process through his
correspondence with Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Includes a biography, summary of key works, interpretation, commentary, and an extensive bibliography