| Herman Melville: Selected Poems Contributor(s): Melville, Herman (Author), Matthiessen, F. O. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0548387435 ISBN-13: 9780548387436 Publisher: Kessinger Publishing OUR PRICE: $18.95 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2007 Annotation: A comprehensive collection of the poetry of a presiding genius of American literature While best known for such novels as his monumental "Moby-Dick," Herman Melville was also an extraordinarily gifted poet. This is the most complete anthology of Melvilles poetry ever published in a single volume. It features a large selection from "Battle-Pieces" and "Aspects of the War," along with Melvilles own notes and prose supplement; cantos from all four books of "Clarel: A Poem and Pilgrimage in the Holy Land"; selections from Melvilles later books, "Timoleon, John Marr and Other Sailors," and "Weeds and Wildings, Chiefly, with a Rose or Two"; as well as a number of his powerful and lesserknown uncollected poems. This volume will usher in a new appreciation for Melvilles poetic gifts. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - General - Literary Criticism | Poetry - Poetry | Subjects & Themes - General |
| Dewey: 811.3 |
| Lexile Measure: 1150 |
| Physical Information: 0.26" H x 6" W x 9" (0.37 lbs) 108 pages |