03261nam 2200577 a 450 991014569340332120230721031322.01-281-30875-797866113087590-470-69408-40-470-69327-4(CKB)1000000000415036(EBL)351190(OCoLC)476171010(SSID)ssj0000170487(PQKBManifestationID)11169511(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000170487(PQKBWorkID)10225273(PQKB)10483137(MiAaPQ)EBC351190(Au-PeEL)EBL351190(CaPaEBR)ebr10232659(CaONFJC)MIL130875(EXLCZ)99100000000041503620070419d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrHerman Melville[electronic resource] an introduction /Wyn KelleyMalden, MA Blackwell Pub.20081 online resource (246 p.)Blackwell introductions to literature ;19Description based upon print version of record.1-4051-3158-6 1-4051-3157-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. [206]-216) and index.Herman Melville; Contents; 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 Con . dence-Man7 "A Leaf from Professional Experience ":Short Fiction of the 1850s8 "Peculiarly Latitudinarian Notions ":Israel Potter and The Con . dence-Man; Part V Melville 's Later Career; 9 "Fulness &Veins &Beauty ":Battle-Pieces and Clarel; 10 "Different Considerations ":Late Poetry; 11 "Instinct with Signi . cance ":Billy Budd; Afterword:"Restoring To You Your Own Property ": Owning Melville; Appendix:The "Agatha " Correspondence; Notes; BiblioThis 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 andBlackwell introductions to literature ;19.813/.3Kelley Wyn549847MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910145693403321Herman Melville2023623UNINA