| New Essays on Billy Budd Contributor(s): Yannella, Donald (Editor), Elliot, Emory (Editor), Donald, Yannella (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521417783 ISBN-13: 9780521417785 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $90.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2002 Annotation: Billy Budd is Herman Melville's most read work after Moby-Dick. Melville wrote the novella 5 years before his death, and it was published posthumously in 1924. The essays collected here provide a multifaceted introduction to the work. Areas investigated include nineteenth-century political and social dynamics and the literary response they provoked, as well as the relevance of mythology and the histories of classical world and Judaeo-Christian civilization to Melville's book. Also examined are Melville's later writing, including the late poetry, the text's development, and its ambiguities. This collection will prove an invaluable resource for students of this major American writer. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | American - General |
| Dewey: 813.3 |
| LCCN: 2001052855 |
| Lexile Measure: 1530 |
| Series: American Novel (Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 0.65" H x 5.58" W x 9.02" (0.85 lbs) 168 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Billy Budd is Herman Melville's most popular work after Moby-Dick. Melville wrote the novella during the five years before his death, and it was published posthumously in 1924. The essays collected here provide a multifaceted introduction to this major American work. |
Contributor Bio(s): Yannella, Donald: - Donald Yannella is the author of American Prose to 1820 (1979), Ralph Waldo Emerson (1982), The Perfect Prodigy Melville on the Birth of Malcolm (1986) and Herman Melville's Malcolm Letter (1992). |