MobyDick - Third Edition - Norton Critical Editions Author:Herman Melville ?One of the great strengths of this third edition is Hershel Parker?s inclusion of commentary on Moby-Dick from its publication in 1851 right into the 21st century to answer why Moby-Dick?boisterous, beautiful, filled with soaring language, forever questioning, and nearly 200 years old?is more popular than ever.? ?MARY K. BERCAW EDWARDS, Univers... more »ity of ConnecticutThis Norton Critical Edition includes:
? Melville?s classic novel of whaling and revenge, based on Hershel Parker?s revision of the 1967 text edited by Harrison Hayford and Hershel Parker.
? Twenty-six illustrations, including maps, contemporary engravings, and diagrams of whaleboat rigging.
? Background and source materials centering on whaling and whalecraft, Melville?s international reception, the inspirations for Moby-Dick, and Melville?s related correspondence.
? Forty-four reviews and interpretations of the novel spanning three centuries.
? A revised and updated Selected Bibliography.
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