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Melville Introduction Book

Melville Introduction
Melville Introduction, This unique introduction explores Herman Melville as he described himself in Billy Budd - a writer whom few know. Moving beyond the recurring depiction of Melville as the famous author of Moby-Dick, this book traces his development as a writer while pro, Melville Introduction has a rating of 5 stars
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  • Melville Introduction
  • Written by author Kelley
  • Published by Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated, January 2008
  • This unique introduction explores Herman Melville as he described himself in Billy Budd - "a writer whom few know." Moving beyond the recurring depiction of Melville as the famous author of Moby-Dick, this book traces his development as a writer while pro
  • This unique introduction explores Herman Melville as he described himself in Billy Budd-"a writer whom few know." Moving beyond the recurring depiction of Melville as the famous author of Moby-Dick, this book traces his development as a writer whil
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Texts and Abbreviations     ix
List of Illustrations     x
Acknowledgments     xi
Preface     xiii
Introduction     1
Melville's Life     3
"Agatha" and the Invention of Narrative     12
Melville's Early Yarns     25
"Making Literary Use of the Story": Typee and Omoo     27
"A Regular Story Founded on Striking Incidents": Mardi, Redburn, and White-Jacket     42
Writing New Gospel in Moby-Dick and Pierre     55
"So Much of Pathos & So Much of Depth": Moby-Dick     57
"All Tender Obligations": Pierre     83
Turning a New Leaf: Short Fiction, Israel Potter, and The Confidence-Man     95
"A Leaf from Professional Experience": Short Fiction of the 1850s     97
"Peculiarly Latitudinarian Notions": Israel Potter and The Confidence-Man     123
Melville's Later Career     135
"Fulness & Veins & Beauty": Battle-Pieces and Clarel     137
"Different Considerations": Late Poetry     160
"Instinct with Significance": Billy Budd     175
Afterword: "Restoring To You Your Own Property": Owning Melville     188
The "Agatha" Correspondence     191
Notes     200
Bibliography     206
Index     217


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