Melville's short fiction, 1853-1856
By: William B. Dillingham.
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Published: 1977
Place of publication: Athens
Language: eng
Number of pages: 390
Subjects: Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 -- Criticism and interpretation.; Fiction -- Technique.; Short story.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: value: Unconscious duplicity: Bartleby, the scrivener.; value: High-spirited revolt: Cock-a-doodle-doo.; value: An hourglass run out: The Encantadas.; value: Some sly enchanter's show: The two temples.; value: Making sport of earnest: Poor man's pudding and rich man's crumbs.; value: The talismanic secret: The happy failure and The fiddler.; value: Grand irregular thunder: The lightning-rod man.; value: Travelers in Lapland: The paradise of bachelors and the Tartarus of Maids.; value: Cynic solitaire: The bell-tower.; value: A dark similitude: Benito Cereno.; value: The higher mathematics: I and my chimney.; value: Wedded warmth and chill: Jimmy Rose.; value: One spot of radiance: The piazza.; value: Mystery as mystery: The apple-tree table.