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Author Melville, Herman, 1819-1891.

Title Tales, poems, and other writings / Herman Melville ; edited, with an introduction and notes, by John Bryant.

Imprint New York : Modern Library, 2001.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  813.3 M497ta 2001    ---  Available
Edition Modern Library ed.
Description l, 622 p. ; 21 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [609]-614) and indexes.
Contents Starting out. Fragments from a writing desk, No. 2 ; Versions of Typee: Typee, chapter 14 -- The art of telling the truth. Letters ; Hawthorne and his mosses -- Tales and sketches. Bartleby, the scrivener ; Cock-a-doodle-doo! ; From The encantadas: The Chola widow ; The two temples ; The paradise of bachelors and the Tartarus of maids ; The bell-tower ; Benito Cereno ; The 'gees ; I and my chimney ; The piazza -- Statues in Rome and poems by Herman Melville. Statues in Rome ; Poems by Herman Melville -- From Battle-pieces. Supplement -- From Clarel: a poem and pilgrimage in the Holy Land -- Prose & poem: John Marr, and others. From John Marr and other sailors with some sea-pieces ; From The Burgundy club ; Rammon and "The enviable isles" ; Under the rose -- Billy Budd. Billy Budd, sailor: an inside narrative ; Versions of Billy: the ur-Billy Budd ; Versions of "art" -- From Weeds and wildings, chiefly: with a rose or two. Rip van Winkle's lilac ; Nine Rose poems.
Added Author Bryant, John, 1949-
ISBN 067964105X (alk. paper)
9780679641056 (alk. paper)
Standard No. NLGGC 229874223

 
    
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