{"product_id":"john-marr-and-other-sailors-robillard-9780873388771","title":"John Marr and Other Sailors with Some Sea-Pieces","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA facsimile edition of Melville's rare volume including the author's proofreading corrections\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLate in his life, Herman Melville published a volume of poetry called \u003cem\u003eJohn Marr and Other Sailors.\u003c\/em\u003e He produced the collection at his expense, and therefore only about 25 copies were printed. Existing copies can be found in libraries, but scholars have, for the most part, not seen them.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eJohn Marr and Other Sailors\u003c\/em\u003e is a complete facsimile reprint of the original edition as Melville published it that also offers additional materials that allow readers to study the book as Melville conceived it. Robillard provides excerpts from the author's manuscript, printer's copy with corrections, the galley proofs with Melville's instructions about the structure of the book, and the page proofs, thereby offering a complete record of one of his books from manuscript to print. Many scholars have been dismissive of Melville's poetry and his writing during the last years of his life. But Melville was a hard-working, professional writer during his later years, writing new poems and changing and correcting older poems. As evident in this edition, he was distilling the hard-earned knowledge of many years and the poetic skills he had been perfecting. For this reason, \u003cem\u003eJohn Marr\u003c\/em\u003e is as important as any of his prose fictions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMelville scholars and textual editors will appreciate this addition to the study of this great American literary figure and his work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robillard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0873388771\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780873388771\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Kent State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/16\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.24h x 6.98w x 0.85d","brand":"Robillard","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47965741220095,"sku":"9780873388771","price":59.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e507e102-9055-483b-8c54-7f274c57e801.jpg?v=1767284493","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/john-marr-and-other-sailors-robillard-9780873388771","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}