- 208 pages
- English
- PDF
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Student Companion to Herman Melville
About this book
Student Companion to Herman Melville provides a critical introduction to the life and literary works of Herman Melville, the nineteenth-century American author of Moby-Dick, as well as nine other novels and numerous short stories and poems. In addition to providing an overview of Melville's life in relation to his literary works, the book places his writings within their historical and cultural contexts, and then examines each of his major works fully, at the level of the nonspecialist and generalist reader. The chapters that address major works by Melville feature close readings of the literary texts that include analysis of point of view, setting, plot, characters, symbolism, themes, and historical contexts when appropriate. In addition, the four chapters devoted to individual novels, as well as the chapter on Melville's poetry, feature alternate readings to introduce the reader to postcolonial, feminist, genre, reader response, and deconstructionist approaches to literary criticism. The book concludes with an extensive bibliography that includes lists of Melville's published works, biographies, contemporary reviews, and recent critical studies. -Early Narratives, from Typee to White Jacket -Moby Dick -Pierre -The Piazza Tales -Other magazine tales: I and My Chimney, The Paradise of Bachelors and the Tartarus of Maids, and Israel Potter - The Confidence-Man - Poetry, including
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Table of contents
- Contents
- Series Foreword
- Preface
- 1 The Life of Herman Melville
- 2 Melville’s Contributions to American Literature
- 3 Early Narratives of Adventure, Romance, and Rites of Passage: From Typee to White-Jacket
- 4 “The Great Art of Telling the Truth” in Moby-Dick
- 5 The Ambiguities of Pierre
- 6 The Piazza Tales
- 7 Other Magazine Tales
- 8 Deconstructing The Confidence-Man
- 9 Melville as Poet: Battle-Pieces and Clarel
- 10 Making Peace?: Billy Budd
- Bibliography
- Index