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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Books on Tape
Publication date
November 1, 2001
Binding
Cassette/Spoken Word
Edition
Unabridged
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780736656894
ISBN-10
0736656898
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$17.95
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audio
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Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: A single novel, an eternal classic, established him as a founding father of American literature. Now, a century after his death, a new popular surge of interest in Herman Melville calls for Elizabeth Hardwick's rich analysis of "the whole of Melville's works, uneven as it is, and the challenging shape of his life . . . a story of the creative history of an extraordinary American genius."
Hardwick's superb critical interpretation and award-winning novelistic flair reveal a former whaleship deckhand whose voyages were the stuff of travel romances that seduced the public. Later, a self-described "thought-diver" into "the truth of the human heart," Melville harbored a bitterness that knew no bounds when that same public failed to embrace his masterwork, Moby-Dick. Invaluable for enthusiasts of American literature, Herman Melville is itself a masterpiece of critical commentary in the tradition of D. H. Lawrence's Studies in Classic American Literature.
Hardwick's superb critical interpretation and award-winning novelistic flair reveal a former whaleship deckhand whose voyages were the stuff of travel romances that seduced the public. Later, a self-described "thought-diver" into "the truth of the human heart," Melville harbored a bitterness that knew no bounds when that same public failed to embrace his masterwork, Moby-Dick. Invaluable for enthusiasts of American literature, Herman Melville is itself a masterpiece of critical commentary in the tradition of D. H. Lawrence's Studies in Classic American Literature.
Editions
Hardcover
from Viking Pr (June 1, 2000)
9780670891580 | details & prices | 161 pages | 5.50 × 8.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.65 lbs | List price $19.95
About: The life story of the nineteenth-century author furnishes an analysis of all of Melville's writings and depicts his days as a whaleship deckhand and his bitterness over the public's failure to embrace his master work, 'Moby-Dick'
About: The life story of the nineteenth-century author furnishes an analysis of all of Melville's writings and depicts his days as a whaleship deckhand and his bitterness over the public's failure to embrace his master work, 'Moby-Dick'
Cassette/Spoken Word
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Unabridged edition from Books on Tape (November 1, 2001)
9780736656894 | details & prices | List price $17.95
About: A single novel, an eternal classic, established him as a founding father of American literature.
About: A single novel, an eternal classic, established him as a founding father of American literature.
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