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This volume provides the first accurate version of Melville's final novel, differing in important aspects from previously available editions. Through exhaustive study, the editors have evolved the definitive text and shed new light on this widely discussed work of fiction.
It is a time of war between nations, but on one ship, a smaller battle is being fought between two men. Jealous of Billy Budd, the "Handsome Sailor, " the envious Master-At-Arms Claggart torments the young man until his false accusations lead to a charge of treason against Billy.
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Alan Hirschfeld
reviewed Billy Budd on August 19, 2007
Billy Budd
Dear High School Curriculum Writers:
I am positive that you can find a better novel than this one to use when introducing symbolism and extended metaphor to developing readers. "Christ-figure" is the most over-used of these extended metaphors; over-used to the point where its offensiveness ceases to be about the in-your-face religious aspect of it and becomes instead about the simple over-use of the symbols. If you want to "go there" with symbolism and metaphor and have high school age kids the ways in which literature can illuminate our experience not by representing it literally but by unhinging from it, try helping these students discover Garcia-Marquez or Allende.
And that's just assuming you want to stay in the "safe" territory of the Western hemisphere.
Ever your advisor,
me.
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