Description
This Norton Critical Edition includes:
- Melville's classic novel of whaling and revenge, based on Hershel Parker's revision of the 1967 text edited by Harrison Hayford and Hershel Parker.
- Twenty-six illustrations, including maps, contemporary engravings, and diagrams of whaleboat rigging.
- Background and source materials centering on whaling and whalecraft, Melville's international reception, the inspirations for Moby-Dick, and Melville's related correspondence.
- Forty-four reviews and interpretations of the novel spanning three centuries.
- A revised and updated Selected Bibliography.
About the Series
Read by more than 12 million students over fifty-five years, Norton Critical Editions set the standard for apparatus that is right for undergraduate readers. The three-part format--annotated text, contexts, and criticism--helps students to better understand, analyze, and appreciate the literature, while opening a wide range of teaching possibilities for instructors. Whether in print or in digital format, Norton Critical Editions provide all the resources students need.
Author: Herman Melville
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 11/14/2017
Pages: 736
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 9.20h x 5.50w x 0.70d
ISBN13: 9780393285000
ISBN10: 0393285006
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Classics
- Fiction | Literary