Herman Melville : an introduction / by Kelley, Wyn

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Melville's Life -- "Agatha" and the Invention of Narrative -- Melville's Early Yarns -- "Making Literary Use of the Story": Typee and Omoo -- "A Regular Story Founded on Striking Incidents": Mardi, Redburn, and White-Jacket -- Writing New Gospel in Moby-Dick and Pierre -- "So Much of Pathos & So Much of Depth": Moby-Dick -- "All Tender Obligations": Pierre -- Turning a New Leaf: Short Fiction, Israel Potter, and The Confidence-Man -- "A Leaf from Professional Experience": Short Fiction of the 1850s -- "Peculiarly Latitudinarian Notions": Israel Potter and The Confidence-Man -- Melville's Later Career -- "Fulness & Veins & Beauty": Battle-Pieces and Clarel -- "Different Considerations": Late Poetry -- "Instinct with Significance": Billy Budd -- Afterword: "Restoring to You Your Own Property": Owning Melville -- Appendix: "Agatha" Correspondence.…”

Herman Melville : an introduction / by Kelley, Wyn

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Melville's Life -- Agatha and the Invention of Narrative -- Melville's Early Yarns -- Making Literary Use of the Story: Typee and Omoo -- A Regular Story Founded on Striking Incidents: Mardi, Redburn, and White-Jacket -- Writing New Gospel in Moby-Dick and Pierre -- So Much of Pathos & So Much of Depth: Moby-Dick -- All Tender Obligations: Pierre -- Turning a New Leaf: Short Fiction, Israel Potter, and The Confidence-Man -- A Leaf from Professional Experience: Short Fiction of the 1850s -- Peculiarly Latitudinarian Notions: Israel Potter and The Confidence-Man -- Melville's Later Career -- Fulness & Veins & Beauty: Battle-Pieces and Clarel -- Different Considerations: Late Poetry -- Instinct with Significance: Billy Budd -- Afterword: Restoring to You Your Own Property: Owning Melville -- Appendix: Agatha Correspondence.…”
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