description: While best known for such novels as his monumental Moby-Dick , Herman Melville was also an extraordinarily gifted poet. This is the most complete anthology of Melville’s poetry ever published in a single volume. It features a large selection from Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War , along with Melville’s own notes and prose supplement; cantos from all four books of A Poem and Pilgrimage in the Holy Land ; selections from Melville’s later books, Timoleon , John Marr and Other Sailors , and Weeds and Wildings , Chiefly, with a Rose or Two ; as well as a number of his powerful and lesserknown uncollected poems. This volume will usher in a new appreciation for Melville’s poetic gifts.Includes a new introduction to Melville's life and later career as a poet during the Civil War and Gilded Age, as well as notes and suggestions for further reading
language: English
title: Selected Poems of Herman Melville
titlecomplete: Selected Poems of Herman Melville
genres: Classics, Literature, American, Poetry
ratings_count: 67
publisher: Barnes Noble Books