’Genetic Text’ that was prepared by Harrison Hayford and originally published in 1962 by the University of Chicago Press in a...... more

Almost from the time of its publication in 1846, Melville s first book, based on his own travels in ... more

Long considered Melville s strangest novel, The Confidence-Man is a comic allegory aimed at the opti... more

This edition of Moby-Dick, released in honor of the book s sesquicentennial, is the authoritative te... more

Herman Melville wrote White-Jacket; or, The World in a Man-of-War during two months of intense work in the summer of...... more

Melville s second book, Omoo, begins where his first book, Typee, left off. As the author said, It ... more

Presented as narratives of his own South Sea experiences, Melville s first two books had roused incr... more

Unique among Melville s works, Israel Potter was the author s only historical novel, presuming to of... more

Herman Melville have used the original magazine versions for five of the six stories in order to present the most accurate...... more

In Moby Dick Melville set out to write a "mighty book" on "a mighty theme." The editors of this crit... more

In Moby Dick Melville set out to write a mighty book on a mighty theme. The editors of this crit... more

Herman Melville have used the original magazine versions for five of the six stories in order to present the most accurate...... more

Unique among Melville s works, Israel Potter was the author s only historical novel, presuming to of... more

Unique among Melville s works, Israel Potter was the author s only historical novel, presuming to of... more

Initially dismissed as a dead failure and a bad book, and declined by Melville s British publish... more

Redburn is a fictional narrative of a boy s first voyage, based loosely on Melville s own first voya... more

Almost from the time of its publication in 1846, Melville s first book, based on his own travels in ... more