Understanding Melville's Short Fiction - A Student Casebook To Issues, Sources, And Historical Documents

Informationen zum Autor CLAUDIA DURST JOHNSON is Professor Emeritus at the University of Alabama, where she served as chair of the English Department for twelve years. She is the series editor of the Greenwood Press Literature in Context series, for which she has authored numerous works, including Understanding The Scarlet Letter (1995), Understanding The Crucible (1998) and Understanding The Call of the Wild (2000). Herman Melville is best known as the author of Moby-Dick, but most students first become acquainted with his works by reading Bartleby the Scrivener and Billy Budd. This reference locates these two works in their economic, social, and cultural contexts and relates them to contemporary issues. Included are a selection of primary sources ranging from 19th-century newspaper articles through the Patriot Act, along with insightful historical and literary commentary and suggestions for papers and classroom discussions. Primary documents and thoughtful commentary locate Melville's Bartleby the Scrivener and Billy Budd in their economic, social, and cultural contexts and relate his works to contemporary issues.

Product details

• Authors: Claudia Durst Johnson, Johnson Claudia Durst
• Publisher: Greenwood Press
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 14 to 17
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2005
• EAN: 9780313331299
• ISBN: 978-0-313-33129-9
• No. of pages: 231
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Literature in Context; The Greenwood Press "Literature in Context" Series; Literature in Context; The Greenwood Press "Literature in Context" Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, The arts, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form