Description
This Norton Critical Edition includes:
– Melville’s classic novel of whaling and revenge, based on Hershel Parker’s revision of the 1967 text edited by Harrison Hayford and Hershel Parker. – Twenty-six illustrations, including maps, contemporary engravings, and diagrams of whaleboat rigging. – Background and source materials centering on whaling and whalecraft, Melville’s international reception, the inspirations for Moby-Dick, and Melville’s related correspondence. – Forty-four reviews and interpretations of the novel spanning three centuries. – A revised and updated Selected Bibliography. About the Series Read by more than 12 million students over fifty-five years, Norton Critical Editions set the standard for apparatus that is right for undergraduate readers. The three-part format–annotated text, contexts, and criticism–helps students to better understand, analyze, and appreciate the literature, while opening a wide range of teaching possibilities for instructors. Whether in print or in digital format, Norton Critical Editions provide all the resources students need.
Author: Herman Melville
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 11/14/2017
Pages: 736
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.2 lbs
Size: 9.2″ H x 5.5″ L x 0.7″ W
ISBN: 9780393285000
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