Pierre Or, the Ambiguities: A Norton Critical Edition (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780393938944)

This Norton Critical Edition includes:
- The Harper & Brothers 1852 first edition of the novel, accompanied by Robert S. Levine and Cindy Weinstein's editorial matter.
- Six illustrations.
- Contextual and source materials, including letters, responses to Pierre by Melville's contemporaries, and works by Daniel Webster, Thomas Cole, James Fenimore Cooper, Lydia Maria Child, and Nathaniel Hawthorne, among others, that give readers a sense of Pierre's time and place.
- Seven critical essays on Pierre's major themes by Sacvan Bercovitch, James Creech, Samuel Otter, Wyn Kelley, Cindy Weinstein, Jeffory A. Clymer, and Dominic Mastroianni.
- A Chronology and a Selected Bibliography.

Author: Herman Melville
ISBN-10: 0393938948
ISBN-13: 9780393938944
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Language: English
Published: 02/24/2017
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.10w x 1.40d