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Melville's Short Novels (Norton Critical Editions)

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Description for Melville's Short Novels (Norton Critical Editions) paperback. Collected in this volume are Bartleby the Scrivener, Benito Cereno, and Billy Budd-presented in the best texts available, those published during Melville's lifetime and corrected by the author. Editor(s): McCall, Dan. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 432 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 213 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 412.
Each text has been carefully edited and annotated for student readers.

As his writing reflects, Melville was extraordinarily well read. "Contexts" collects important sources for each novel, including writings by Ralph Waldo Emerson, Amasa Delano, and Nathaniel Hawthorne.

"Criticism" includes twenty-eight essays about the novels sure to promote classroom discussion. Contributors include Leo Marx, Elizabeth Hardwick, Frederick Busch, Robert Lowell, Herschel Parker, Carolyn L. Karcher, Thomas Mann, and Hannah Arendt.

A Selected Bibliography is included.

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Norton & Company
Condition
New
Series
Norton Critical Editions
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393976410
SKU
V9780393976410
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Ref
99-50

About Herman Melville
Herman Melville was born in New York City on August 1, 1819, the third child of Maria and Allan Gansevoort Melvill. (The final e was added to the family name later.) His father’s financial difficulties and his early death while Melville was still a youth disrupted his formal education. Instead, Melville tried his hand at a variety of occupations before ... Read more

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