Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street is a short story written by the American author Herman Melville. It was first published anonymously in two parts in the November…

Moby Dick is the story of Captain Ahab’s quest to avenge the whale that ‘reaped’ his leg. The quest is an obsession and the novel is a diabolical study of…

In this fascinating and revealing book, first published in 1968, Maxwell examines the life and work of Herman Melville. By dividing extracts of Melville’s work in chronological order, the sections…

In this book, Geoffrey Sanborn explores the writings of Herman Melville across his career, focusing in particular on Moby-Dick, ‘Bartleby, the Scrivener’, ‘Benito Cereno’, and Billy Budd, and examines the…

This title is part of UC Press’s Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach…

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Despite its indifferent reception when it was first published in 1851, Moby Dick is now central to the American literary canon. Kevin J. Hayes provides comprehensive information about Melville’s life…

a well chosen anthology of Herman Melville’s most thought provoking texts in what Schellenberg has called Melville’s most lavender moments. Without preaching his stance, Schellenberg adeptly introduces each selection and…