Melville's Short Novels
Subtitle: authoritative texts, contexts, criticism
By: selected and edited by Dan McCall.
Contributors: McCall, Dan.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Norton Critical Editions
Publisher: Norton; W. W. Norton
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York, USA
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 408
ISBN-13: 9780393976410
Copyright date: 2002
Subjects: Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 -- Criticism and interpretation; Sea stories, American -- History and criticism; Slave trade -- Fiction; Sea stories, American; Copyists -- Fiction; Sailors -- Fiction; New York (N.Y.) -- In literature; New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Description: Collected in this volume are Bartleby the Scrivener, Benito Cereno, and Billy Budd—presented in the best texts available, those published during Melville's lifetime and corrected by the author.

Each text has been carefully edited and annotated for student readers.

As his writing reflects, Melville was extraordinarily well read. "Contexts" collects important sources for each novel, including writings by Ralph Waldo Emerson, Amasa Delano, and Nathaniel Hawthorne.

"Criticism" includes twenty-eight essays about the novels sure to promote classroom discussion. Contributors include Leo Marx, Elizabeth Hardwick, Frederick Busch, Robert Lowell, Herschel Parker, Carolyn L. Karcher, Thomas Mann, and Hannah Arendt.

A Selected Bibliography is included.
-- https://www.wwnorton.co.uk/books/9780393976410-melville-s-short-novels
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 407-408).
Table of contents: title: Bartleby, the scrivener; title: Benito Cereno; title: Billy Budd.