9780393976410-0393976416-Melville's Short Novels: A Norton Critical Edition (Norton Critical Editions)

Melville's Short Novels: A Norton Critical Edition (Norton Critical Editions)

ISBN-13: 9780393976410
ISBN-10: 0393976416
Edition: First Edition
Author: Herman Melville, Dan McCall
Publication date: 2001
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Paperback 432 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780393976410
ISBN-10: 0393976416
Edition: First Edition
Author: Herman Melville, Dan McCall
Publication date: 2001
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Paperback 432 pages

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Melville's Short Novels: A Norton Critical Edition (Norton Critical Editions) (ISBN-13: 9780393976410 and ISBN-10: 0393976416), written by authors Herman Melville, Dan McCall, was published by W. W. Norton & Company in 2001. With an overall rating of 3.6 stars, it's a notable title among other books. You can easily purchase or rent Melville's Short Novels: A Norton Critical Edition (Norton Critical Editions) (Paperback, Used) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.42.

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Collected in this volume are Bartleby the Scrivener, Benito Cereno, and Billy Budd―presented in the best texts available, those published during Melville's lifetime and corrected by the author.

Each text has been carefully edited and annotated for student readers.

As his writing reflects, Melville was extraordinarily well read. "Contexts" collects important sources for each novel, including writings by Ralph Waldo Emerson, Amasa Delano, and Nathaniel Hawthorne.

"Criticism" includes twenty-eight essays about the novels sure to promote classroom discussion. Contributors include Leo Marx, Elizabeth Hardwick, Frederick Busch, Robert Lowell, Herschel Parker, Carolyn L. Karcher, Thomas Mann, and Hannah Arendt.

A Selected Bibliography is included.
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