The Cambridge Introduction to Herman Melville

by Kevin J. Hayes

Book Overview

Despite its indifferent reception when it was first published in 1851, Moby Dick is now a central work in the American literary canon. This introduction offers readings of Melville's masterpiece, but it also sets out the key themes, contexts, and critical reception of his entire oeuvre. The first chapters cover Melville's life and the historical and cultural contexts. Melville's individual works each receive full attention in the third chapter, including...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521671043
• ISBN13: 9780521671040
• Release Date: March 2007
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 154 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.2" x 9.0"