Melville, H
Melville's Short Novels (Norton Critical Edition)
- ISBN 13:
- 9780393976410
- author:
- Melville, H
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- W. W. Norton & Company
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2002
- Pages:
- 432
- Dimensions:
- 132mm X 213mm
- Genre:
- Literature: Texts
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 4 working days
Description
Bartleby the Scrivener, Benito Cereno, and Billy Budd are presented in this volume, featuring the best available texts from Melville's lifetime, corrected by the author. Each text has been carefully edited and annotated for student readers.
Contexts collects important sources for each novel, including writings by notable authors such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Amasa Delano, and Nathaniel Hawthorne. The volume also includes twenty-eight essays about the novels, written by prominent critics like Leo Marx, Elizabeth Hardwick, and Frederick Busch, to promote classroom discussion.
A Selected Bibliography is included to provide further reading options for those interested in exploring Melville's works.
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