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

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.

Genre
literary fictionadventure
Setting
1850scollegenew yorkwall street
Subject
literary criticism
Audience
adult
Length
long · 408 pages
Form
novella

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