Student companion to Herman Melville
By: Sharon Talley.
Series: Student companions to classic writers
Publisher: Greenwood Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780313334993
Subjects: Melville, Herman, -- 1819-1891 -- Criticism and interpretation -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
Genres: Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-184) and index.
Table of contents: title: The life of Herman Melville; title: Melville's contributions to American literature; title: Early narratives of adventure, romance, and rites of passage : from Typee to White jacket; title: "The great art of telling the truth" in Moby-Dick; title: The ambiguities of Pierre; title: The Piazza tales; title: Other magazine tales; title: Deconstructing The confidence-man; title: Melville as poet: Battle-pieces and Clarel; title: Making peace : Billy Budd.