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Melville's Short Novels: Authoritative Texts, Contexts, Criticism

Melville's Short Novels: Authoritative Texts, Contexts, Criticism - Paperback

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Availability:Out of StockContributor:Herman Melville, Dan McCallSeries:Norton Critical EditionsPublish date:2001-11-28Pages:432
Languages:EnglishPublisher:W. W. Norton & CompanyISBN-13:9780393976410ISBN-10:393976416UPC:9780393976410Book Category:Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:AmericanSize:8.42 x 5.19 x 0.87 inchesWeight:0.9Product ID:SCVG61CKHA
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.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:W. W. Norton & CompanyISBN-13:9780393976410ISBN-10:393976416UPC:9780393976410Book Category:Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:AmericanSize:8.42 x 5.19 x 0.87 inchesWeight:0.9Product ID:SCVG61CKHA
McCall, Dan: - Dan McCall is Professor of American Studies at Cornell University. He is the author of the novels Jack the Bear (which was made into a movie starring Danny DeVito) and Triphammer. His monographs include The Silence of Bartleby and Citizens of Somewhere Else.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

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