An edition of The Writings of Herman Melville (1968)

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An edition of The Writings of Herman Melville (1968)

The writings of Herman Melville

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In Moby Dick Melville set out to write a "mighty book" on "a mighty theme." The editors of this critical text affirm that he succeeded. Nevertheless, their prolonged examination of the novel reveals textual flaws and anomalies that help to explain Melville's fears that his great work was in some ways a hash or a botch. A lengthy historical note also gives a fresh account of Melville's earlier literary career and his working conditions as he wrote; it also analyzes the book's contemporary reception and outlines how it finally achieved fame. Other sections review theories of the book's genesis, detail the circumstances of its publication, and present documents closely relating to the story. -- Amazon.com.

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Northwestern University Press
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893

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American fiction (fictional works by one author), Melville, herman, 1819-1891, Swindlers and swindling, Fiction, Steamboats, American Novelists, Diaries, New York Times reviewed, Poetry (poetic works by one author), Palestine, poetry, Poetry, Description and travel, Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages, Travel, Male authors, Men
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Table of Contents

v. 1. Typee: a peep at Polynesian life.
v. 2. Omoo: a narrative of adventures in the South Seas.
v. 3. Mardi.
v. 4. Redburn.
v. 5. White-jacket.
v. 6. Moby-Dick or the whale.
v. 7. Pierre or the ambiguities.
v. 8. Israel Potter: his fifty years of exile.
v. 9. The piazza tales and other prose pieces, 1839-1860.
v. 10. The confidence-man: his masquerade.
v. 12. Clarel: a poem and Pilgrimage in the Holy Land.
v. 14. Correspondence.
v. 15. Journals.

Edition Notes

Edition originated under the auspices of the Center for Editions of American Authors (Modern Language Association of America)

Vol. 8, p. 286-394 contains a facsim. of Life and remarkable adventures of Israel R. Potter. Providence : Printed by H. Trumbull, 1824.

Half-title. Each vol. has special t.p.

"The Northwestern-Newberry ed." --

Trinity Library titles are catalogued separately by title and classed together in PS2380 .F68.

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Northwestern-Newberry edition of the writings of Herman Melville.

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Library of Congress
PS2380 F68, PS2380 F68, PS2380 .F68 vol. 10, PS2384 .F68 vol. 10, PS2380 .F68 vol. 15, PS2386 .F68 vol. 15, PS2380.F68 vol. 15, PS2380.F68 vol.7, PS2380 .F68, PS2380 .F68 vol. 12, PS2380 .F68 vol. 7, PZ3 .F68 vol. 7, PS2384.C5 .F68 vol. 12, PS2380 .F68 vol. 6

The Physical Object

Pagination
v.
Number of pages
893

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL19858532M
ISBN 10
0810105500, 0810103249, 0810102676, 0810109069, 0810109077, 0810108224, 0810108232, 0810109816, 0810109956
LCCN
85171722, 88063305, 68002173, 90060361, 76129499, 72179121
OCLC/WorldCat
905566082, 23675046, 35172339, 239523, 10623894, 12751900, 20861083, 18499057, 1030777333

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OL20672782W

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v. 1. Typee: a peep at Polynesian life.
v. 2. Omoo: a narrative of adventures in the South Seas.
v. 3. Mardi.
v. 4. Redburn.
v. 5. White-jacket.
v. 6. Moby-Dick or the whale.
v. 7. Pierre or the ambiguities.
v. 8. Israel Potter: his fifty years of exile.
v. 9. The piazza tales and other prose pieces, 1839-1860.
v. 10. The confidence-man: his masquerade.
v. 12. Clarel: a poem and Pilgrimage in the Holy Land.
v. 14. Correspondence.
v. 15. Journals.

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