Herman Melville by Kelley, Wyn

Herman Melville (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781405131575)

Vendor: Wyn Kelley
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Format: Hardcover
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Herman Melville by Kelley, Wyn

Herman Melville

$119.95
Herman Melville by Kelley, Wyn

Herman Melville

$119.95
Format: Hardcover
Description
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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.

  • 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.


Author: Wyn Kelley
ISBN-10: 1405131578
ISBN-13: 9781405131575
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Language: English
Published: 02/04/2008
Pages: 248
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.13lbs
Size: 9.46h x 6.45w x 0.85d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 05/01/2008 pg. 345
By Wyn Kelley
By Wyn Kelley
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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 Editor of the Melville Society journal Leviathan.

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