This 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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