Herman Melville: Moby Dick and Other WorksMarshall Cavendish, 2008 - 158 páginas Describes the life of nineteenth-century American author Herman Melville and profiles "Moby-Dick," "Typee," "Bartleby, the Scrivener," and "Billy Budd," discussing their plots, characters, structures, themes, motifs and symbols, and criticism. Includes a |
Contenido
ting plot a multitude of facts a wealth of philosoph | 6 |
ΠΟΙ | 93 |
Melvilles Place in Literature | 119 |
Filmography | 126 |
Términos y frases comunes
Ahab's Allan American Bartleby the Scrivener Bartleby's BENITO CERENO Billy Budd Billy's biographer cannibals Captain Ahab Captain Vere Chapter characters Christian civilization Claggart classification says enough-a comparisons and symbols complexity of Moby Confidence-Man crew critic John death Edited evil exciting plot extended prose poem film harpoon Harrison Hayford Herman Melville Herman Melville's huge number human Ishmael island Israel Potter lawyer Leyda literary genre Lizzie Mardi metaphysical novel Metcalf Moby Dick Moby-Dick multitude of facts narrator Nathaniel Hawthorne number of comparisons ocean Omoo Peep at Polynesian Pequod Peter Ustinov Piazza Tales prose allegory prose epic psychological novel published in 1851 Queequeg readers Redburn Reeves points reviewers Robertson-Lorant saga sailed sailors says enough-a shortfall Scrivener ship shortfall that testifies South Seas sperm story symbolic romance tale of tragic theme Toby Tommo tragic adventure trouble placing truth Typee University Press wealth of philosophical White Whale White-Jacket writing