| Billy Budd, Sailor Contributor(s): Melville, Herman (Author), Hayford, Harrison (Editor), Sealts Jr, Merton M. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0226321320 ISBN-13: 9780226321325 Publisher: University of Chicago Press OUR PRICE: $13.86 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2001 Annotation: Hayford and Sealts's text was the first accurate version of Melville's final novel. Based on a close analysis of the manuscript, thoroughly annotated, and packaged with a history of the text and perspectives for its criticism, this edition will remain the definitive version of a profoundly suggestive story. "The texts are impeccably accurate. . . . The collection is accompanied by an unobtrusive but expert annotation. . . . Probably Melville's finest short work, the incomplete 'Billy Budd, ' [is] a striking reworking of the crucifixion set in the English maritime service of the Revolutionary period."--John Sutherland, "The Los Angeles Times" |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 62017135 |
| Lexile Measure: 1450 |
| Series: Phoenix Books |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.2" W x 7.9" (0.65 lbs) 230 pages |
| Themes: - Holiday - Christmas |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 32373 Reading Level: 10.6 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 6.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Hayford and Sealts's text was the first accurate version of Melville's final novel. Based on a close analysis of the manuscript, thoroughly annotated, and packaged with a history of the text and perspectives for its criticism, this edition will remain the definitive version of a profoundly suggestive story. "The texts are impeccably accurate. . . . The collection is accompanied by an unobtrusive but expert annotation. . . . Probably Melville's finest short work, the incomplete 'Billy Budd, ' [is] a striking reworking of the crucifixion set in the English maritime service of the Revolutionary period."-John Sutherland, The Los Angeles Times |