Herman Melville The Dover Reader 1st Edition
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Full Title

Herman Melville The Dover Reader 1st Edition
Author(s)

Herman Melville
Edition

1st Edition
ISBN

9780486811895, 9780486802466
Publisher

Dover Publications
Format

PDF and EPUB

Description

Despite the early success of his tales of adventure in the South Seas, Herman Melville (1819–1891) suffered a reversal of fortunes with the 1851 publication of Moby-Dick. The great epic, now recognized as a masterpiece, was scorned by an uncomprehending nineteenth-century audience. Melville’s preoccupation with metaphysical and philosophical issues and his use of symbols and archetypes foreshadowed elements of latter-day literature, and modern readers rejoice in his groundbreaking explorations of timeless questions. Along with excerpts from Moby-Dick, this anthology presents the complete text of Melville’s classic of travel and adventure literature, Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life. Additional features include the short stories “Bartleby the Scrivener,” “The Paradise of Bachelors and the Tartarus of Maids,” and “The Encantadas or Enchanted Isles.”

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