Kelley - The Cambridge companion to Herman Melville

1. Chapter 08
2. Chapter 22
3. Chapter 30
4. Chapter 34

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EDITED BY WYN KELLEY

This paperback edition first published 2015
2006 Blackwell Publishing Ltd except for editorial material and organization
2006 Wyn Kelley
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

A companion to Herman Melville / edited by Wyn Kelley.
p. cm. (Blackwell companions to literature and culture; 41)
Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN-13: 978-1-4051-2231-3 (alk. paper) 978-1-119-04527-4 (paperback)
ISBN-10: 1-4051-2231-5 (alk. paper) 1-119-04527-4 (paperback)
1. Melville, Herman, 18191891.Criticism and interpretationHandbooks, manuals, etc.I. Kelley, Wyn.II. Series.
PS2387.C66 2006
813.3dc22

2006003196

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Cover image: George Klauba, The Chase, 2005. Acrylic on panel, 1814.5. Courtesy of Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago.

Herman Melville by Joseph O. Eaton, 1870. Reprinted by permission of the Houghton Library, Harvard University

For Dale Peterson

Frontispiece Herman Melville by Joseph O. Eaton, 1870