Billy Budd, Bartleby, and other stories
(Book)

Book Cover
Average Rating
Uniform Title
Contributors
Published
New York, New York : Penguin Books, 2016.
Status

Description

Loading Description...

Also in this Series

Checking series information...

Copies

LocationCall NumberStatus
Green Hills - Adult FictionFiction MelvillOn Shelf

More Like This

Loading more titles like this title...

More Details

Published
New York, New York : Penguin Books, 2016.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
xxviii, 335 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English

Notes

Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages xxvi-xxviii).
Description
"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.

Reviews from GoodReads

Loading GoodReads Reviews.

Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Melville, H., & Coviello, P. (2016). Billy Budd, Bartleby, and other stories (Penguin Classics edition.). Penguin Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 and Peter, Coviello. 2016. Billy Budd, Bartleby, and Other Stories. Penguin Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 and Peter, Coviello. Billy Budd, Bartleby, and Other Stories Penguin Books, 2016.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Melville, Herman, and Peter Coviello. Billy Budd, Bartleby, and Other Stories Penguin Classics edition., Penguin Books, 2016.

Note! Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of August 2021.

Staff View

Loading Staff View.