Wyn Kelley

Herman Melville (eBook, PDF)

An Introduction

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Produktbeschreibung

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 providing the basic tools for successful critical reading of his novels. * * Offers a brief introduction to Melville, covering all his major works * Showcases Melville's writing process through his correspondence with Nathaniel Hawthorne * Provides a clear sense of Melville's major themes and preoccupations * Focuses on Typee, Moby-Dick, and Billy Budd in individual chapters * Includes a biography, summary of key works, interpretation, commentary, and an extensive bibliography.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Mai 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780470693278
• Artikelnr.: 38200355

Autorenporträt

Wyn Kelley is a Senior Lecturer in the Literature Faculty at MIT. She is the author of Melville's City: Literary and Urban Form in Nineteenth-Century New York (1996) and editor of A Companion to Herman Melville (Blackwell, 2006) and an edition of Benito Cereno 2006, and has also written a number of essays on Melville. She is Associate Director of the Melville Society journal Leviathan.

Inhaltsangabe

Texts and Abbreviations.
List of Illustrations.
Acknowledgments.
Preface.
Part I: Introduction.
1. Melville's Life.
2. 'Agatha' and the Invention of Narrative.
Part II: Melville's Early Yarns.
3. 'Making Literary Use of the Story': Typee and Omoo.
4. 'A Regular Story Founded on Striking Incidents': Mardi, Redburn, and
White-Jacket.
Part III: Writing New Gospel in Moby-Dick and Pierre.
5. 'So Much of Pathos & So Much of Depth': Moby-Dick.
6. 'All Tender Obligations': Pierre.
Part IV: Turning a New Leaf: Short Fiction, Israel Potter, and The
Confidence-Man.
7. 'A Leaf from Professional Experience': Short Fiction of the 1850s.
8. 'Peculiarly Latitudinarian Notions': Israel Potter and The
Confidence-Man.
Part V: Melville's Later Career.
9. 'Fulness & Veins & Beauty': Battle-Pieces and Clarel.
10. 'Different Considerations': Late Poetry.
11. 'Instinct with Significance': Billy Budd.
Afterword: 'Restoring To You Your Own Property': Owning Melville.
Appendix: The 'Agatha' Correspondence.
Notes.
Bibliography.
Index

Rezensionen

"In Herman Melville: An Introduction, Wyn Kelley offers new and sharp insights as well as the basics of Melville studies in a thoroughly engaging voice for all readers, undergraduate and above."
John Bryant, Hofstra University