Moby Dick: A Norton Critical Edition: 0

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This Norton Critical Edition includes: ⁊ Melville’s classic novel of whaling and revenge, based on Hershel Parker’s revision of the 1967 text edited by Harrison Hayford and Hershel Parker. ⁊ Twenty-six illustrations, including maps, contemporary engravings, and diagrams of whaleboat rigging. ⁊ Background and source materials centering on whaling and whalecraft, Melville’s international reception, the inspirations for Moby-Dick , and Melville’s related correspondence. ⁊ Forty-four reviews and interpretations of the novel spanning three centuries. ⁊ A revised and updated Selected Bibliography. About the Series Read by more than 12 million students over fifty-five years, Norton Critical Editions set the standard for apparatus that is right for undergraduate readers. The three-part format-annotated text, contexts, and criticism-helps students to better understand, analyze, and appreciate the literature, while opening a wide range of teaching possibilities for instructors. Whether in print or in digital format, Norton Critical Editions provide all the resources students need. —- ISBN: 9780393285000