Student Companion to Herman Melville provides a critical
introduction to the life and literary works of Herman Melville, the
nineteenth-century American author of Moby-Dick, as well as nine
other novels and numerous short stories and poems. In addition to
providing an overview of Melville's life in relation to his
literary works, the book places his writings within their
historical and cultural contexts, and then examines each of his
major works fully, at the level of the nonspecialist and generalist
reader. The chapters that address major works by Melville feature
close readings of the literary texts that include analysis of point
of view, setting, plot, characters, symbolism, themes, and
historical contexts when appropriate. In addition, the four
chapters devoted to individual novels, as well as the chapter on
Melville's poetry, feature alternate readings to introduce the
reader to postcolonial, feminist, genre, reader response, and
deconstructionist approaches to literary criticism. The book
concludes with an extensive bibliography that includes lists of
Melville's published works, biographies, contemporary reviews, and
recent critical studies. -Early Narratives, from Typee to White
Jacket -Moby Dick -Pierre -The Piazza Tales -Other magazine tales:
"I and My Chimney," "The Paradise of Bachelors and the Tartarus of
Maids," and "Israel Potter" -The Confidence-Man -Poetry, including
Battle-Pieces and Clarel -Billy Budd
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