Bibliograph

Billy Budd, Bartleby, and other stories, Herman Melville ; introduction and notes by Peter Coviello

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Label

Billy Budd, Bartleby, and other stories, Herman Melville ; introduction and notes by Peter Coviello

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages xxvi-xxviii)

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Billy Budd, Bartleby, and other stories

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

923727981

Responsibility statement

Herman Melville ; introduction and notes by Peter Coviello

Series statement

Penguin Classics

Summary

"A new, definitive edition of Herman Melville's virtuosic short stories--American classics wrought with scorching fury, grim humor, and profound beauty. Though best-known for his epic masterpiece Moby-Dick, Herman Melville also left a body of short stories arguably unmatched in American fiction. In the sorrowful tragedy of Billy Budd, Sailor; the controlled rage of Benito Cereno; and the tantalizing enigma of Bartleby, the Scrivener; Melville reveals himself as a singular storyteller of tremendous range and compelling power. In these stories, Melville cuts to the heart of race, class, capitalism, and globalism in America, deftly navigating political and social issues that resonate as clearly in our time as they did in Melville's. Also including The Piazza Tales in full, this collection demonstrates why Melville stands not only among the greatest writers of the nineteenth century, but also as one of our greatest contemporaries. This Penguin Classics edition features the Reading Text of Billy Budd, Sailor, as edited from a genetic study of the manuscript by Harrison Hayford and Merton M. Sealts, Jr., and the authoritative Northwestern-Newberry text of The Piazza Tales. For more than sixty-five years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,500 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

The piazza tales. The piazza ; Bartleby, the scrivener ; Benito Cereno ; The lightning-rod man ; The Encantadas, or Enchanted Isles ; The bell-tower -- The paradise of bachelors and the Tartarus of Maids -- Billy Budd, sailor (an inside narrative)

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