Moby Dick: or The whale
In Moby Dick Melville set out to write a "mighty book" on "a mighty theme." The editors of this critical text affirm that he succeeded. Nevertheless, their prolonged examination of the novel reveals textual flaws and anomalies that help to explain Melville's fears that his great work was in some ways a hash or a botch. A lengthy historical note also gives a fresh account of Melville's earlier literary career and his working conditions as he wrote; it also analyzes the book's contemporary recept…
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- Full title :Moby Dick : or The whale / Herman Melville ; [edited, with historical note by Harrison Hayford, Hershel Parker, G. Thomas Tanselle].
Summary
In Moby Dick Melville set out to write a "mighty book" on "a mighty theme." The editors of this critical text affirm that he succeeded. Nevertheless, their prolonged examination of the novel reveals textual flaws and anomalies that help to explain Melville's fears that his great work was in some ways a hash or a botch. A lengthy historical note also gives a fresh account of Melville's earlier literary career and his working conditions as he wrote; it also analyzes the book's contemporary reception and outlines how it finally achieved fame. Other sections review theories of the book's genesis, detail the circumstances of its publication, and present documents closely relating to the story. -- Amazon.com
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- Publication Date:1988.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Newberry Library, Northwestern University Press
- Place of Publication:Evanston [Ill.]
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:1988.
The Physical Object
- Description:xxviii, 1043 pages : : facsimiles ; : 25 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0810102684, 9780810102682, 0810102692, 9780810102699
- oclc:ocm35172339
- LC Classification:PS2380
- Dewey Decimal:813.3
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