Melville in the Marquesas
Subtitle: actuality of place in Typee and other island writings
By: ... edited by G. R. Thompson.
Contributors: Thompson, Gary Richard, 1937-; Washington State University. Dept. of English.; Conference on Melville in the Marquesas (2003 : Tahiti, Moorea, and Nuku Hiva)
Series: ESQ -- v. 51.
Publisher: Dept. of English, Washington State University
Published: 2006
Place of publication: [Pullman, WA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
Subjects: Melville, Herman, -- 1819-1891. -- Criticism and interpretation; Melville, Herman, -- 1819-1891 -- Settings; Setting (Literature); Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia) -- In literature
Notes: Simultaneously published as a special issue of ESQ (v. 51, nos. 1-3 [2005]).

"These essays were generated by an academic gathering ... which took place on the islands of Tahiti, Moorea, and Nuku Hiva in late June and early July of 2003"--p. 2.

Includes bibliographical references.