London Totowa, NJ : Vision Press ; Barnes & Noble Books, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 221 pages ; 23 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents: ""New world all over"": Melville's Typee and Omoo / Herbie Butterfield -- Mardi: a sum of inconsistencies / Harold Beaver -- Redburn and White-Jacket: society and sexuality in the narrators of 1849 / James H. Justus -- Moby-Dick as anatomy / A. Robert Lee -- ""Grown in America"": Moby-Dick and Melville's sense of control / Eric Mottram -- ""All's o'er, and ye know him not"": a reading of Pierre / Richard Gray -- Melville the mannerist: form in the short fiction / william Wasserstrom -- Voices off, on and without: ventriloquy in The confidence-man / A. Robert Lee -- Melville's poetry / Andrew Hook -- From empire to empire: Billy Budd, Sailor / H. Bruce Franklin. Subjects: Melville, Herman 1819-1891 Criticism and interpretation.Melville, Herman 1819-1891. Melville, Herman 1819-1891 Criticism and interpretation Addresses, essays, lectures. 1800-1899. Authors, American 19th century Criticism and interpretation. �crivains am�ricains 19e si�cle Critique et interpr�tation.

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Typee is a fictional, but heavily autobiographical book by Herman Melville. Based on his own three weeks as a captive on Nuku Hiva, Melville's protagonist spends four months trapped on the island. Melville also fleshed out the story with details provided by contemporary explorers. The book was his most popular during his lifetime and provided significant groundwork for later tales of European and Pacific cultures meeting.

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Bookseller: MW Books Ltd. (IE)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 388864
Title: Herman Melville : reassessments / edited by A. Robert Lee
Author: Melville, Herman (1819-1891)
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 0854783652
ISBN 13: 9780854783656
Publisher: London Totowa, NJ : Vision Press ; Barnes & Noble Books
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1984

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