Wyn Kelley

Herman Melville

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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. Using the extraordinary "Agatha" correspondence with Nathaniel Hawthorne as a key to Melville's writing practices, beliefs and inclinations, the volume introduces Melville as a writer who constantly reflected on his craft and experimented with new forms and genres.

Arranged chronologically, the volume focuses on Typee, Moby-Dick, and Billy Budd, as well as other novels, short fiction, and poems as appropriate, to explore Melville's distinctive narrative style. A biography, summaries of key works, interpretation, commentary, and an extensive bibliography are all included.

Produktdetails

• Blackwell Introductions to Literature
• Verlag: Blackwell Publishers
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Januar 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 370g
• ISBN-13: 9781405131582
• ISBN-10: 1405131586
• Artikelnr.: 23015605

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 Editor 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: "Agatha" Correspondence. Bibliography. Index

Rezensionen

"Read alongside Melville s original writings, this book will be an excellent companion for a Melville course. Essential." ( Choice , November 2008)