{"product_id":"clarel-herman-melville-9780810109070","title":"Clarel: Volume Twelve, Scholarly Edition","description":"Melville's long poem \u003ci\u003eClarel: A Poem and Pilgrimage in the Holy Land\u003c\/i\u003e (1876) was the last full-length book he published. Until the mid-twentieth century even the most partisan of Melville's advocates hesitated to endure a four-part poem of 150 cantos of almost 18,000 lines, about a naïve American named Clarel, on pilgrimage through the Palestinian ruins with a provocative cluster of companions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut modern critics have found \u003ci\u003eClarel\u003c\/i\u003e a much better poem than was ever realized. Robert Penn Warren called it a precursor of \u003ci\u003eThe Waste Land. \u003c\/i\u003eIt abounds with revelations of Melville's inner life. Most strikingly, it is argued that the character Vine is a portrait of Melville's friend Hawthorne. Based on the only edition published during Melville's lifetime, this scholarly edition adopts thirty-nine corrections from a copy marked by Melville and incorporates 154 emendations by the present editors, an also includes a section of related documents and extensive discussions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis scholarly edition is an Approved Text of the Center for Editions of American Authors (Modern Language Association of America).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Herman Melville\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0810109077\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780810109070\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Northwestern University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/1991\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 893\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.72lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.23h x 6.17w x 2.25d","brand":"Herman Melville","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48086903423231,"sku":"9780810109070","price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_367a3c9a-ee82-4999-abe6-528dc87a79aa.jpg?v=1769097232","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/clarel-herman-melville-9780810109070","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}