Mardi and a Voyage Thither de Herman Melville - 1998-10-14

UsedAcceptable. Shows wear such as frayed or folded edges, rips and tears, and/or worn binding. May have stickers and/or contain inscription on title page. No observed missing pages. Some foxing and/or discoloration around edges.

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Paperback. Very Good.

Paperback / softback. New. 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. Mardi began as a sequel to Typee (1846) and Omoo (1847), but changed radically while he was writing it and emerged as an altogether independent and original work. In its combination of adventure, allegorical romance, realistic portraits of characters and scenes from nature, philosophical speculation, and travelogue-satire, Mardi was Melville's first attempt to create a great work of… Leer más

Northwestern Univ Pr, 1998. Paperback. New. reprint edition. 681 pages. 8.75x5.75x1.25 inches.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Paperback. Fine. rare-OVERSIZE fat 1970 UNIVERSITY EDITION--with extra

Northwestern University Press, 1998-10-14. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!