Herman Melville A to Z: The Essential Reference to His Life and Work

Rollyson, Carl E. Jr.; Paddock, Lisa Olson

ISBN 10: 0816041601 / ISBN 13: 9780816041602

Published by Checkmark Books, New York, New York, U.S.A., 2001

About this Item

Oversized softcover book is a clean tight unmarked copy.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Herman Melville A to Z: The Essential Reference to His Life and Work
• Publisher: Checkmark Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0816041601
• ISBN 13: 9780816041602
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: First Softcover Edition
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: Softcover Wraps
• Seller catalogs:
  • Melville Studies

About this title

Synopsis

An encyclopedic guide to the novelist includes entries on Melville's works and characters, influential events and social issues, friends and family, and journeys.

From School Library Journal

Gr 9 Up-Filled with solid information, this resource will be useful to novice Melvillians trying to recall who delivered Tashtego from the whale's head, as well as to scholars who need a quick note on the poem "The Ravaged Villa." The entries, which include information on Melville's private and writing life, run from a 15-word note placing an obscure character in a particular work to an 11-page, chapter-by-chapter synopsis of Moby-Dick. The volume also contains a genealogy, a categorical appendix (people, characters, ships, places, etc.), a lengthy bibliography, and an 18-page index. It is illustrated with black-and-white photos and reproductions. As an alternative to Robert Gale's A Herman Melville Encyclopedia (Greenwood, 1995), which is bigger in every way, this relatively slender volume will meet the needs of most school libraries. Academic collections may wish to own both.

Herman Sutter, Saint Agnes Academy, Houston, TX

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