Traces the process and influences behind the writing of Herman Melville's novel, Moby Dick, which was published in the 1850s and based on the author's own experience at sea.
Chronicles the life and career of American author Herman Melville, uncovering autobiographical elements in his diverse works, discussing the historical and cultural implications of his writing, and assessing his accomplishments as a writer.
This is an encyclopedic reference to Melville's life and work, comprehensive in scope featuring individual entries on his writings in a range of genres.
Presents twentieth-century critical essays on Herman Melville's "Moby-Dick" and includes a chronology, a bibliography, and an introduction by critic Harold Bloom.
Fourteen-year-old Ishmael Leseur is certain that his name is the cause of his unhappy school life as the victim of the worst bully in his class, but when a new boy arrives, he shows Ishmael that things could be different.
