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Pages: 157, Paperback, Modern Language Association of America

Book Condition: Good+, general edge wear, pages very lightly age toned. Dust Jacket Condition: Torn, creased edges, significant tears in spine/edges/flaps detached but present, rubbed cover, chipped corners.

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Melville’s classic sea tale of revenge and spiritual depravity, has earned its exalted status and its ranking as one of the most studied works in the canon of American literature. This program brings together leading Melville scholars to analyze this important work, and investigates the life of the man who wrote it from literary, philosophical, and social perspectives. Topics include the influence of the Bible, Shakespeare, Emerson, Hawthorne, and Melville’s own conflicted life, from his father’s...

No book is more central to the study of nineteenth-century American literature than Herman Melville's Moby-Dick; or The Whale . First published it 1851, it still speaks powerfully to readers today. Combining reprinted documents with clear introductions for student readers, this volume examines the contexts of and critical responses to Melville's work. It draws together:

Easton Press, 1977. Collector's Edition, . Binding: Full Leather. Book Condition: Fine in Original Shrinkwrap. Jacket Condition: No Jacket as Issued. Size: 4to - over 9.75" - 12" tall. A handsome large black ornate leather edition of a literary classic. Issued as part of the Easton Press "The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written" series. In fine unread condition in the ORIGINAL SHRINKWRAP. Wth blue moire silk endpapers, gold-gilt cover designs and page edges, and a bound-in silk bookmark. A beautiful...

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Arguably the greatest single work in American literature, Moby-Dick was initially “a complete practical failure, misunderstood by the critics and ignored by the public; and in 1853 the Harper’s fire destroyed the plates of all his books and most of the copies remaining in stock (only about 60 copies of Moby-Dick survived the fire)… [Nevertheless,] Melville’s permanent fame must always rest on the great prose epic of Moby-Dick , a book that has no equal in American literature for variety and splendor...

Each title features: <BR>- Critical essays reflecting a variety of schools of criticism<BR>- Notes on the contributing critics, a chronology of the author's life, and an index<BR>- An introductory essay by Harold Bloom.

Herman Melville: Moby Dick, Billy Budd and Other Writings

ISBN-10: 0919123708 ISBN-13: 9780919123700. Edition: Subsequent.

No folded pages. Apx 30 pages have writing. Some cover wear, including rubbing & edgewear, plus a few creases and small spots.

All these years I have heard about how good Moby Dick was supposed to be, but I dreaded what seemed like a dreary, boring book. I thought of it like eating rutabegas - it must be good for you because it tastes awful. Thus I was pleasantly surprised when the story started out interesting and then kept getting better. Now I realize why it's been considered a classic, because it has stood the test of time. By the end, I couldn't get out of the car because I didn't want to turn it off. The narrator...

Pages: 752, Edition: 10th, Paperback, Barnes & Noble Classics