The Herman Melville Page
( 1819-1891 )
Major Works
G. Thomas Tanselle selected and annotated the texts for Typee, Omoo, Mardi (1982) and Redburn, White-Jacket and Moby-Dick (1983); Harrison Hayford selected and annotated texts for Pierre, Israel Potter, The Confidence-Man, Tales and Billy Budd (1984) for the Library of America.
Typee ( 1846 ).
Omoo ( 1847 ).
Mardi and a Voyage Thither ( 1849 ).
Redburn ( 1849 ).
White-Jacket ( 1850 ).
Moby Dick; or, The Whale ( 1851 ). Searchable Moby Dick from Princeton University. The Novel On Line. Norton Critical Edition, edited by Harrison Hayford and Hershel Parker.
Pierre; or The Ambiguities ( 1852 ).
Piazza Tales ( 1856 ). Including
Benito Cereno;
The Encantadas, or Enchanted Isles; The Lightning-Rod Man
Israel Potter: His Fifty Years of Exile ( 1855 ).
The Confidence-Man ( 1857 ).
On Line. Norton Critical Edition, edited by Hershel Parker.
Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War ( 1866 ).
Clarel ( 1876 ).
Billy Budd ( 1924 ).
About Melville
Newton Arvin, Herman Melville. William Sloane , 1950.
Richard Chase, Herman Melville. Macmillan , 1949.
Leon Howard, Herman Melville: A Biography. California , 1951.
James E. Miller, Jr., A Reader's Guide to Herman Melville. Noonday , 1962.
Life and Works from Melville.org.
Herman Melville (1819-1891) from D. Campbell.
Analysis of Melville's Short Fiction. By Carolyn L. Karcher.
A hypertext "Bartleby the Scrivener" Page
Melville Criticism from Internet Public Library.
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