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BL
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1018370
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b772740
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Kelley, Wyn.
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| Title & Author
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Herman Melville : : an introduction /\ Wyn Kelley.
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| Publication Statement
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Malden, Mass. :: Blackwell Pub.,, 2008.
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| Series Statement
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Blackwell introductions to literature ;; 19
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xv, 228 pages :: illustrations ;; 24 cm.
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| ISBN
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0470694084
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: 1405131578
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: 1405131586
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: 9780470694084
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: 9781405131575
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: 9781405131582
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 206-216) and index.
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| Contents
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pt. 1. Introduction -- Melville's life -- "Agatha" and the invention of narrative -- pt. 2. Melville's early yarns -- "Making literary use of the story" : Typee and Omoo -- "A regular story founded on striking incidents" : Mardi, Redburn, and White-Jacket -- pt. 3. Writing new gospel in Moby-Dick and Pierre -- "So much of pathos & so much of depth" : Moby-Dick -- "All tender obligations" : Pierre -- pt. 4. Turning a new leaf : short fiction, Israel Potter, and The Confidence-Man -- "A leaf from professional experience" : short fiction of the 1850s -- "Peculiarly latitudinarian notions" : Israel Potter and The Confidence-Man -- pt. 5. Melville's later career -- "Fulness & veins & beauty" : Battle-Pieces and Clarel -- "Different considerations" : late poetry -- "Instinct with significance" : Billy Budd -- Afterword : "Restoring to you your own property" : owning Melville -- Appendix : The "Agatha" correspondence.
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Arranged chronologically, this volume explores Herman Melville's distinctive narrative style on some of his novels, short fiction, and poems.--Book cover.
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Melville, Herman,1819-1891-- Criticism and interpretation.
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Melville, Herman,1819-1891-- Critique et interprétation.
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Melville-- Herman-- 1819-1891-- Criticism and interpretation.
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Melville, Herman, 1819-1891
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Melville, Herman,1819-1891.
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Melville, Herman,1819-1891.
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Melville, Herman.
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Melville, Herman.
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American fiction-- History and criticism.
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18.06 Anglo-American literature.
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American fiction.
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| Dewey Classification
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813/.3
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| LC Classification
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PS2387.K45 2008
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18.06bcl
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HT 6015rvk
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I712.064clc
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