The Cambridge Companion to Herman Melville

doi:10.1017/CCOL0521554772

The Cambridge Companion to Herman Melville is intended to provide a critical introduction to Melville's work. The essays have been specially commissioned for this volume, and provide a comprehensive overview of Melville's career. All of Melville's key works, including Moby-Dick, Typee, White Jacket, The Tambourine in Glory and The Confidence Man, are examined, as well as most of his poetry and short fiction. Written at a level both challenging and accessible, the volume provides fresh perspectives on one of the most significant writers of nineteenth-century America whose work continues to fascinate readers and stimulate new study.

‘Recommended for all libraries collecting materials on the seminal writers of nineteenth-century America.’

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Contents

Frontmatter
pp i-xx

Introduction
pp 1-11

1 - “Race” in Typee and White-Jacket
pp 12-36

2 - The Tambourine in Glory
pp 37-64

3 - Moby-Dick as Revolution
pp 65-90

4 - Pierre's Domestic Ambiguities
pp 91-113

5 - A----!
pp 114-134

6 - Melville the Poet
pp 135-156

7 - Melville's Traveling God
pp 157-185

8 - Melville and Sexuality
pp 186-201

9 - Melville, Labor, and the Discourses of Reception
pp 202-223

10 - Bewildering Intertanglement
pp 224-249

11 - Melville and the Avenging Dream
pp 250-278

Afterword
pp 279-286

Selected Bibliography
pp 287-298

Index
pp 299-305

Series List
pp 306-306

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