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The American Novel series provides students of American literature with introductory critical guides to the great works of American fiction. Each volume begins with a substantial introduction by a distinguished authority on the text, giving details of the novel's composition, publication... read more

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AS much as any key work of fiction in English in the mid-nineteenth century, Melville's Moby-Dick is open to religious and psychological uncertainty.

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This book is in The American Novel. (community list)

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  1. Richard H. Brodhead (Editor)

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Books with Additional Background Information edit see section history

   
  • Billy Budd
  • Clarel
  • Herman Melville: A Biography (Volume 2, 1851-1891)
  • Bartleby, the Scrivener
  • Mardi And A Voyage Thither
  • The Cambridge Introduction to Herman Melville (Cambridge Introductions to Literature)

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  • Moby-Dick

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