Herman Melville / edited and with an introduction by Harold Bloom.
| Other author | Bloom, Harold. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | New ed. |
| Publication Info | New York, NY : Bloom's Literary Criticism, |
| Description | viii, 285 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Series | Bloom's modern critical views |
| Contents | Towards "Bartleby the scrivener" / Milton R. Stern -- Melville's problematic "being" / Sanford E. Marovitz -- Reenvisioning America : Melville's "Benito cereno" / Sandra A. Zagarell -- Allegory and breakdown in The confidence-man: Melville's comedy of doubt / John Bryant -- "The author at the time" : Tommo and Melville's self-discovery in Typee / Bryan C. Short -- Melville and the woman's story / Nancy Fredericks -- "To tell over again the story just told" : the composition of Melville's Redburn / Stephen Mathewson -- Israel Potter : Melville's "citizen of the universe" / Bill Christophersen -- Disquieting encounters : male intrusions/female realms in Melville / Judith Hiltner -- Narrative self-fashioning and the play of possibility / John Wenke -- Whose book is Moby-Dick? / Merton M. Sealts, Jr. -- Naples and HMS Bellipotent : Melville on the police state / Stanton Garner -- Naturalist psychology in Billy Budd / Thomas Hove -- We are family : Melville's Pierre / Cindy Weinstein -- Discipline and the lash in Melville's White-jacket / Peter Bellis. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-273) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2008007595 |
| ISBN | 9780791096215 (acid-free paper) |
| ISBN | 0791096211 (acid-free paper) |