Herman Melville
Subtitle: critical assessments
By: edited by A. Robert Lee. Vol. 1, Overviews:Life and art, Nineteenth-century reviews and responses,Obituaries,Early general evaluations,The Melville revival,After the Melville revival.
Contributors: Lee, A. Robert 1941-
Series: The Helm information critical assessments of writers in English
Publisher: Helm Information
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Mountfield, East Sussex
Language: eng
Number of pages: 597
Subjects: Melville, Herman, -- 1819-1891.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: value: Contents of set: Vol.1 Overviews:Life and art, Nineteenth-century reviews and responses,Obituaries,Early general evaluations,The Melville revival,After the Melville revival; Vol.2 Modern readings: Typee, Omoo, Mardi, Redburn, White-Jacket, Moby-Dick; Vol.3 Pierre, The Piazza, Hawthorne and his mosses, Israel Potter, The confidence-man;Vol.4 The Poetry:Battle pieces and aspects of war, Clarel : a poem and pilgrimage in the Holy Land, John Marr and other sailors, Timoleon and other late poetry, Billy Budd,Melville:perspectives, Writers on Melville.