Mardi and a Voyage Thither Volume Three, Scholarly Edition |
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Author:
| Melville, Herman |
Editor:
| Hayford, Harrison Tanselle, G. Thomas Parker, Hershel |
Series title: | Melville Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-8101-0015-2 |
Publication Date: | Jun 1970 |
Publisher: | Northwestern University Press
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $120.00 |
Book Description:
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Presented as narratives of his own South Sea experiences, Melville's first two books had roused incredulity in many readers. Their disbelief, he declared, had been "the main inducement" in altering his plan for his third book,
Mardi: and a Voyage Thither (1849). Melville wanted to exploit the "rich poetical material" of Polynesia and also to escape feeling "irked, cramped, & fettered" by a narrative of facts. "I began to feel . . . a longing to plume my...
More Description Presented as narratives of his own South Sea experiences, Melville's first two books had roused incredulity in many readers. Their disbelief, he declared, had been "the main inducement" in altering his plan for his third book, Mardi: and a Voyage Thither (1849). Melville wanted to exploit the "rich poetical material" of Polynesia and also to escape feeling "irked, cramped, & fettered" by a narrative of facts. "I began to feel . . . a longing to plume my pinions for a flight," he told his English publisher.