Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-233) and index.
Contents
Introduction -- "Where the wild things are" : questioning Typee --"Six months at sea! Yes, reader, as I live" : sailor talk -- "They say they don't like sailor's flesh, it's too salt" : cannibal talk -- "Their gestures shame the very brutes" : missionary talk -- "Cannibal old me" : the development of Melville's narrative voice.