| Selected Poems of Herman Melville Contributor(s): Melville, Herman (Author), Faggen, Robert (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0143039032 ISBN-13: 9780143039037 Publisher: Penguin Group OUR PRICE: $22.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2006 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - General - Literary Collections | American - General - Poetry | Subjects & Themes - Nature |
| Dewey: 811.3 |
| LCCN: 2005058623 |
| Series: Penguin Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.71" H x 5.24" W x 7.7" (0.58 lbs) 384 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 Melville's poetry ever published in a single volume. It features a large selection from Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War, along with Melville's own notes and prose supplement; cantos from all four books of Clarel: A Poem and Pilgrimage in the Holy Land; selections from Melville's 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 Melville's poetic gifts. Includes a new introduction to Melville's life and later career as a poet during the Civil War and Gilded Age, as well as notes and suggestions for further reading. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. |